To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passion… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions of men without feeling any of them, who had no affinity with our nature but knew it to the full, whose happiness was independent of ours, but who would nevertheless make our happiness his concern, who would be content to wait in the fullness of time for a distant glory, and to labour in one age to enjoy the fruits in another. Gods would be needed to give men laws.

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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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وليس عليه إلا أن يضع يديه على أذنيه، وأن يساجل نفسه قليلًا ليمنع الطبيعة التي تحركت فيه من أن تتمثل في الشخص الذي يُذْبَحُ، ولا تجد عند الإنسان الوحشي هذا النبوغ العجيب، وتجد الإنسان الوحشي يُسلِم نفسه في كل وقت، وبلا روية، إلى أول شعورٍ إنساني، وترى الرعاع يتجمعون في الفتن والمشاجرات والشوارع، وترى الإنسان الفطين يبتعد عنها، والأوباش ونساء الأسواق هم الذين يفصلون بين المتنازعين ويحولون دون تذابح ذوي الصلاح.

For in appearing to use only its rights, the Prince can very easily expand them and, on the pretext of public calm, prevent assemblies intended to restore good order; so that it takes advantage either of a silence that it prevents from being broken, or of the irregularities that it causes to be committed, and to punish those who dare speak.

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Yo, por un cúmulo de males de todo género, había de servir de ejemplo a todo aquel que, inspirado por el solo amor del bien público y de la justicia, se atreva, escudado únicamente en su inocencia, a decir a los hombres la verdad abiertamente, sin apoyarse en las intrigas y

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