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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Quote of Jean-Jacques Rousseau - I venture to declare that a...


Biography - Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

Genevan philosopher, writer and composer.
Born: 1712 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Switzerland

I venture to declare that a state of reflection is a state contrary to nature, and that a thinking man is a depraved animal.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
J'ose presque assurer que l'état de réflexion est un état contre nature, et que l'homme qui médite est un animal dépravé.

German
Ich wage fast zu versichern, dass der Zustand der Reflexion ein Zustand wider die Natur ist und dass der Mensch, der nachdenkt, ein entartetes Tier ist.




See also 

See also...



If, then, my awareness of the past and future makes me less aware of the present, I must begin to wonder whether I am actually living in the real world.




Quotes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau also said...


Where all is well, there is no such thing as injustice. Justice and goodness are inseparable.





To make another happy, is to deserve to be happy one's self.





Obedience to the law one has prescribed for oneself is freedom.





It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.





There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.





Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.












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