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
science technology age
It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not exist.
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Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves.
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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
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She was dull, unattractive, couldn't tell the time, count money or tie her own shoe laces... But I loved her
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We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
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The truth brings no man a fortune.
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Love, known to the person by whom it is inspired, becomes more bearable.
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To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
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If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the sentiment of our existence. The man who has lived the most is not he who has counted the most years but he who has most felt life.
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I may not amount to much, but at least I am unique.
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Childhood is the sleep of reason.
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In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on the fetters of galley-slaves. The application of this motto is fine and just.
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Supreme happiness consists in self-content.