l'impulsion du seul appétit est esclavage, et l'obéissance à la loi qu'on s'est prescrite est liberté. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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l'impulsion du seul appétit est esclavage, et l'obéissance à la loi qu'on s'est prescrite est liberté.

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About Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a major French-speaking Genevan philosopher of Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism.

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Alternative Names: Citizen of Geneva Jean Jacques Rousseau J. J. Rousseau Rousseau J.J. Rousseau JJ Rousseau

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y del placer de los bellos conocimientos que me proponía adquirir; pues para mi era como si ya los poseyese, o mejor dicho, era más todavía, porque el gusto de aprender entraba por mucho en mi felicidad.

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I do not like verbal explanations. Young people pay little heed to them, nor do they remember them. Things! Things! I cannot repeat it too often. We lay too much stress upon words; we teachers babble, and our scholars follow our example.

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