本书是卢梭应法国第戎科学院的征文而写的论文，提出了私有制的出现是人类不平等的起源这一鲜明思想，在政治观点上，其重要性仅次于后来的《社会契约论》；而在思想体系上，本书可视为《社会契约论》的基础和绪论。在书中，卢梭指出："自然界中很少有不平等的现象，当今流行的不平等现象是人类在求生存和进步的过程中，人为逐渐衍生成的。"
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