Little adapted to reasoning, crowds, on the contrary, are quick to act. As the result of their present organisation their strength has become immense… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Little adapted to reasoning, crowds, on the contrary, are quick to act. As the result of their present organisation their strength has become immense. The dogmas whose birth we are witnessing will soon have the force of the old dogmas; that is to say, the tyrannical and sovereign force of being above discussion. The divine right of the masses is about to replace the divine right of kings.

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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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Les Russes ne seront jamais vraiment policés, parce quʼils lʼont été trop tôt. Pierre avoit le génie imitatif; il nʼavoit pas le vrai génie, celui qui crée & fait tout de rien. ... Il a dʼabord voulu faire des Allemands, des Anglois, quand il faloit commencer par faire des Russes; il a empêché ses sujets de devenir jamais ce quʼils pourroient être, en leur persuadant quʼils étoient ce quʼils ne sont pas.

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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Grocio niega que todo poder humano se haya establecido en favor de los gobernados, y pone por ejemplo la esclavitud. La manera de discurrir, que más constantemente usa, consiste en establecer el derecho por el hecho.(1) Bien podría emplearse un método más consecuente, pero no se hallaría uno que fuese más favorable a los tiranos.

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