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" "lo misterioso me inquieta siempre, es harto contrario a mi carácter, abierto hasta la imprudencia.
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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I know that [civilized men] do nothing but boast incessantly of the peace and repose they enjoy in their chains.... But when I see [barbarous man] sacrifice pleasures, repose, wealth, power, and life itself for the preservation of this sole good which is so disdained by those who have lost it; when I see animals born free and despising captivity break their heads against the bars of their prison; when I see multitudes of entirely naked savages scorn European voluptuousness and endure hunger, fire, the sword, and death to preserve only their independence, I feel it does not behoove slaves to reason about freedom.
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Peki, insanın bilgeliğinin ya da gerçek mutluluğun yolu nedir? Bu yol, özellikle arzularımızı azaltmak değildir, çünkü bu arzular gücümüzün altında kalsaydı, yetilerimizin bir bölümü etkisiz kalırdı ve tüm varlığımızdan yararlanamazdık. Bu yol, yetilerimizi artırmak da değildir; çünkü arzularımız daha büyük ölçüde artsaydı, yetilerimizden yana daha yoksul olurduk: Ama bu yol, arzularımızın yetilerimizden aşırı olmasını önlemek ve güçle iradeyi tam bir dengede tutmak demektir. İşte ancak o zaman, tüm güçler etkin oldukları için, ruh huzura kavuşacak ve insan kendini derli toplu bulacaktır.