This collection of scattered thoughts and observations has little order or continuity; it was begun to give pleasure to a good mother who thinks for … - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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This collection of scattered thoughts and observations has little order or continuity; it was begun to give pleasure to a good mother who thinks for herself.
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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Citizen of Geneva
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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J. J. Rousseau
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Rousseau
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J.J. Rousseau
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JJ Rousseau
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.
The Abbe de Saint-Pierre suggested an association of all the states of Europe to maintain perpetual peace among themselves. Is this association practicable, and supposing that it were established, would it be likely to last?
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It is a bad mark against a society that those who lead it need so much Science; if men were what they ought to be, they would scarcely need to study in order to learn the things they have to do.
