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The concept of 'General Will' was advocated by
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Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau introduced the concept of 'General Will' (volonte generale) in his 1762 work 'The Social Contract', arguing that legitimate authority comes from the collective will of the people acting in the common interest. Hume focused on empiricism, Hegel on dialectics, and Kant on moral philosophy - none developed the General Will concept.