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
hero character scripture
The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero.
heart majesty scripture
The majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.
taste-and-judgment speak microscopes
Taste is, so to speak, the microscope of the judgment.
taxation may pay
He who has the base necessities of life should pay nothing; taxation on him who has a surplus may, if need be; extend to everything beyond necessities.
men vanity fool
A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.
people gunpowder lost
The strength of the people is effective only if it is concentrated; it evaporates and is lost when it is dispersed, just as gunpowder scattered on the ground ignites only grain by grain.
unity i-can knows
I don't know what is truth,but I can tell you how to find it!
food book giving
It has always pleased me to read while eating if I have no companion; it gives me the society I lack. I devour alternately a page and a mouthful; it is as though my book were dining with me.
god people sane
If there wasn't a God we would have to invent one to keep people sane.
doers ill
There is not a single ill-doer who could not be turned to some good.
men rights law
It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil rights the natural equality between men. It is this celestial voice which dictates to each citizen the precepts of public reason, and teaches him to act according to the rules of his own judgment and not to behave inconsistently with himself. It is with this voice alone that political leaders should speak when. they command.
reputation posterity
Posterity is always just.
art writing natural-talent
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once.
lying knowledge intelligent
God is intelligent; but in what manner? Man is intelligent by the act of reasoning, but the supreme intelligence lies under no necessity to reason. He requires neither premise nor consequences; nor even the simple form of a proposition. His knowledge is purely intuitive. He beholds equally what is and what will be. All truths are to Him as one idea, as all places are but one point, and all times one moment.