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The extreme inequalities in the manner of living of the several classes of mankind, the excess of idleness in some, and of labour in others, the faci… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
" "The extreme inequalities in the manner of living of the several classes of mankind, the excess of idleness in some, and of labour in others, the facility of irritating and satisfying our sensuality and our appetites, the too exquisite and out of the way aliments of the rich, which fill them with fiery juices, and bring on indigestions, the unwholesome food of the poor, of which even, bad as it is, they very often fall short, and the want of which tempts them, every opportunity that offers, to eat greedily and overload their stomachs; watchings, excesses of every kind, immoderate transports of all the passions, fatigues, waste of spirits, in a word, the numberless pains and anxieties annexed to every condition, and which the mind of man is constantly a prey to; these are the fatal proofs that most of our ills are of our own making, and that we might have avoided them all by adhering to the simple, uniform and solitary way of life prescribed to us by nature.
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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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The extreme inequality of our ways of life, the excess of idleness among some and the excess of toil among others, the ease of stimulating and gratifying our appetites and our senses, the over-elaborate foods of the rich, which inflame and overwhelm them with indigestion, the bad food of the poor, which they often go withotu altogether, so hat they over-eat greedily when they have the opportunity; those late nights, excesses of all kinds, immoderate transports of every passion, fatigue, exhaustion of mind, the innumerable sorrows and anxieties that people in all classes suffer, and by which the human soul is constantly tormented: these are the fatal proofs that most of our ills are of our own making, and that we might have avoided nearly all of them if only we had adhered to the simple, unchanging and solitary way of life that nature ordained for us.
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Anlaşalım, La Fontaine Beyefendi. Ben sizi seçerek okuyacağıma, sizi seveceğime, masallarınızdan ders alacağıma söz veriyorum; çünkü bunların amaçları konusunda yanılgıya düşmeyeceğimi umuyorum. Ama öğrencime gelince, izin verin de, dörtte birini bile anlayamayacağı şeyleri ona öğretmenin uygun olacağını, anlayabildiği şeylerde de hiçbir zaman yanılamayacağını ve hileye bakarak bu konuda kusurunu düzeltecek yerde, hileciye bakarak kendini ona göre yetiştirmeyeceğini siz bana tanıtlayıncaya dek ona masallarınızdan bir tekini bile öğretmeyeyim.
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