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Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ Discourse on the Origin of
It is reason which breeds pride and reflection which fortifies it; reason which turns man inward into himself; reason which separates him from everything which troubles or affects him. It is philosophy which isolates a man, and prompts him to say in secret at the sight of another suffering: 'Perish if you will; I am safe.' No longer can anything but dangers to society in general disturb the tranquil sleep of the philosopher or drag him from his bed. A fellow-man may with impunity be murdered under his window, for the philosopher has only to put his hands over his ears and argue a little with himself to prevent nature, which rebels inside him, from making him identify himself with the victim of the murder. The savage man entirely lacks this admirable talent, and for want of wisdom and reason he always responds recklessly to the first promptings of human feeling.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ Emile or On Education
When one has suffered or fears suffering, one pities those who suffer; but when one is suffering, one pities only oneself.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ Emile or On Education
He who blushes is already guilty.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ Reveries of the Solitary
It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires, and who can doubt that the interest we have in admitting or denying the reality of the Judgement to come determines the faith of most men in accordance with their hopes and fears.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ The Social Contract
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."
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ The Confessions
My love for imaginary objects and my facility in lending myself to them ended by disillusioning me with everything around me, and determined that love of solitude which I have retained ever since that time.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ The Social Contract
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is; the people is never corrupted, but it is often deceived..." {Bk2:3}
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ Discourse on the Origin of
Peoples once accustomed to masters are not in a condition to do without them. If they attempt to shake off the yoke, they still more estrange themselves from freedom, as, by mistaking for it an unbridled license to which it is diametrically opposed, they nearly always manage, by their revolutions, to hand themselves over to seducers, who only make their chains heavier than before.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ The Social Contract
If force compels obedience, there is no need to invoke a duty to obey, and if force ceases to compel obedience, there is no longer any obligation.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ Emile or On Education
The more I study the works of men in their institutions, the more clearly I see that, in their efforts after independence, they become slaves, and that their very freedom is wasted in vain attempts to assure its continuance. That they may not be carried away by the flood of things, they form all sorts of attachments; then as soon as they wish to move forward they are surprised to find that everything drags them back. It seems to me that to set oneself free we need do nothing, we need only continue to desire freedom.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ Discourse on the Origin of
The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying 'this is mine', and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau _ The Social Contract
There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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