Young teacher, pray consider this example, and remember that your lessons should always be in deeds rather than words, for children soon forget what … - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Young teacher, pray consider this example, and remember that your lessons should always be in deeds rather than words, for children soon forget what they say or what is said to them, but not what they have done nor what has been done to 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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Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to assert that he is not born a man.

Portanto, chamo de República todo Estado regido por leis, seja qual for sua forma de administração: pois então somente o interesse público governa, e a coisa pública é qualquer coisa. Todo governo legítimo é republicano: explicarei adiante o que é governo.

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