Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseauwas a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the overall development of modern political and educational thought...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth28 June 1712
CityGeneva, Switzerland
CountryFrance
children long stills
I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.
order supreme visible
The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence.
mean blood law
Usurpers always bring about or select troublous times to get passed, under cover of the public terror, destructive laws, which the people would never adopt in cold blood. The moment chosen is one of the surest means of distinguishing the work of the legislator from that of the tyrant.
taken people silence
Universal silence must be taken to imply the consent of the people.
strong men uniting
Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can preserve themselves is by uniting their separate powers in a combination strong enough to overcome any resistance, uniting them so that their powers are directed by a single motive and act in concert.
dungeons enough desirable
There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
men silence taste
A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
thinking slave masters
One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
spring men air
At first we will only skim the surface of the earth like young starlings, but soon, emboldened by practice and experience, we will spring into the air with the impetuousness of the eagle, diverting ourselves by watching the childish behavior of the little men or awling miserably around on the earth below us.
passion voice soul
Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
life men he-man
The man who gets the most out of life is not the one who has lived it longest, but the one who has felt life most deeply.
liberty revolution bigger
The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.
heart men arguing
Men will argue more philosophically about the human heart; but women will read the heart of man better than they.
rights unlimited exceed
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.