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.
nature character men
Everything made by man may be destroyed by man; there are no ineffaceable characters except those engraved by nature; and nature makes neither princes nor rich men nor great lords.
children character men
The indifference of children towards meat is one proof that the taste for meat is unnatural; their preference is for vegetable foods...Beware of changing this natural taste and making children flesh-eaters, if not for their health's sake, for the sake of their character; for how can one explain away the fact that great meat-eaters are usually fiercer and more cruel than other men; this has been recognised at all times and in all places.
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There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.
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The strongest is never strong enough always to be master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty
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Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it's the one they will most need to know.
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Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
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Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body
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Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
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Most people believe that the longer you let these things go, the more likely you are to have something go wrong.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.
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The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
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We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced
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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.