"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8) - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered." (Bk2:8)

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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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What do I have to fear from them now that everything is over? Since they can no longer make things any worse for me, they can no longer frighten me. Anxiety and terror are ills from which they have delivered me for ever: this is real relief for me. Real ills have little hold over me; I deal easily with those that I actually experience, but not with those that I fear. My fevered imagination adds them together, turns them over and over, draws them out and increases them. The expectation of them tortures me a hundred times more than their actual presence, and the threat of them is far worse than the blow itself. As soon as they happen, the experience of them strips them of their imagined aura and cuts them down to their true size.

Çevremizde her şey değişir. Kendimiz de değişiriz ve kimse bugün sevdiğini yarın da seveceğinden emin olamaz. Böylece şu dünyayla ilgili mutluluk tasarılarımız hep ham düşlemlerdir. Gönül rahatına kavuştuğumuz zaman, zevkine varalım; kendi kusurumuzla onu kaçırmayalım; ama onu bağlamayı düşünmek de bir çılgınlıktır. Mutlu olan az kişi gördüm, belki de görmedim; ama, gönlü hoşnut kimselere sık sık rastlarım. Mutluluğumun dış belirtileri yoktur; onu keşfetmek için mutlu insanın yüreğindekini görebilmeli.

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