Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

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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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El motín que acaba por estrangular o destronar al sultán es un acto tan jurídico como aquellos por los cuales el tirano disponía días antes de la vida y de los bienes de los súbditos. Solo la fuerza le sostenía, la fuerza sólo le arroja. Todo acontece según el orden natural, y cualesquiera que sean las consecuencias de esas cortas y frecuentes revoluciones, nadie se queje de la injusticia de otro, sino solamente de su propia imprudencia y de su desgracia.

The money which a man possesses is the instrument of freedom; that which we eagerly pursue is the instrument of slavery. Therefore I hold fast to that which I have, and desire nothing.

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