Are your principles not engraved in all hearts, and in order to learn your laws is it not enough to go back into oneself and listen to the voice of o… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Are your principles not engraved in all hearts, and in order to learn your laws is it not enough to go back into oneself and listen to the voice of one's conscience in the silence of the passions? There you have true philosophy. Let us learn to be satisfied with that, and without envying the glory of those famous men who are immortalized in the republic of letters, let us try to set between them and us that glorious distinction which people made long ago between two great peoples: one knew how to speak well; the other how to act well.

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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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Genel olarak, bir toprak parçası üzerinde ilk oturma hakkı tanımak için aşağıdaki koşulların bulunması gerekir: Önce, bu toprakta o zamana kadar kimsenin oturmamış olması, sonra bir kimsenin yalnız geçimine yetecek kadar yer tutmuş olması; son olarak da bu toprağın boş bir törenle değil, (yasal kanıt bulunmadığı zaman başkasının saymak zorunda olduğu tek sahiplik belirtisi olan) çalışma ve ekip biçmeyle elde tutulmuş olması gerekir.

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