Aim of this paper is analysis of Rousseau’s thought, and its consequences regarding individual’s freedom once inside the social state. Method primarily used is a combination of analysis and synthesis. In the first chapter we talked about author’s life and work, from which we realized that in the first stage of his life, Rousseau has a negative view upon society and progress. In the second chapter we have shown his understanding of freedom and the ideal of freedom as moral action of a man who stays, as much as possible, true to his nature. If we wanted to talk about nature in Rousseau’s thought, we had to provide detailed explanation of his two main ideas of natural and social state. Then we took upon explaining the position of individual against general will inside the state and with that, came to conclusion and the results of this paper. The result that this paper provided us, demands that we forgive Rousseau for being unclear in his writings, bearing in mind the intention that accompanies his entire work. If we close our eyes on his obvious flaws in writing, we can truly see that underneath all those initial issues, there is an author who prognosed issues that stand behind the representative democracy, and tries to provide us with his own ideas of solutions.