Crowds exhibit a docile respect for force, and are but slightly impressed by kindness, which for them is scarcely other than a form of weakness. Thei… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Crowds exhibit a docile respect for force, and are but slightly impressed by kindness, which for them is scarcely other than a form of weakness. Their sympathies have never been bestowed on easy-going masters, but on tyrants who vigorously oppressed them.

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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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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know. Among the most necessary knowledge is the knowledge of how to live well, that is, how to produce the least possible evil and the greatest goodness in one’s life. At present, people study useless sciences, but forget to study this, the most important knowledge.

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Vous empêche-t-on de les instruire et faire instruire à votre gré ? Est-ce notre faute si elles nous plaisent quand elles sont belles, si leurs minauderies nous séduisent, si l'art qu'elles apprennent de vous nous attire et nous flatte, si nous aimons à les voir mises avec goût, si nous leur laissons affiler à loisir les armes dont elles nous subjuguent ? Eh ! prenez le parti de les élever comme des hommes ; ils y consentiront de bon coeur. Plus elles voudront leur ressembler, moins elles les gouverneront, et c'est alors qu'ils seront vraiment les maîtres.

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