Why do you consult [women's] words when it is not their mouths that speak? Consult their eyes, their colour, their breathing, their timid manner, the… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Why do you consult [women's] words when it is not their mouths that speak? Consult their eyes, their colour, their breathing, their timid manner, their slight resistance, that is the language nature gave them for your answer. The lips always say 'No,' and rightly so; but the tone is not always the same, and that cannot lie. Has not a woman the same needs as a man, but without the same right to make them known? Her fate would be too cruel if she had no language in which to express her legitimate desires except the words which she dare not utter.

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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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The continual emotion that is felt in the theater excites us, enervates us, enfeebles us, and makes us less able to resist our passions. And the sterile interest taken in virtue serves only to satisfy our vanity without obliging us to practice it.

"Doğru adamla öteki arasındaki fark şudur: Toplum insanı, kendinden hiçbir özveri istemeyen gerçeğe kesin olarak bağlıdır; daha ileri gidemez; oysa benim düşündüğüm insan, gerçeğe, ancak feda olması gerektiğinde hizmet eder.
Onda beğendiğim gerçek aşkı, böyle bir gevşeklikle nasıl bağdaşır diyeceksiniz. Bu bulaşıcı aşk, yalancı mı? Hayır, saf ve temizdir; ama, adaletin sözcüsü olduğundan, çoğu kez "söylencesel" olmakla birlikte, sahte olmak istemez. Onun için gerçek ve adalet sözleri eşanlamlıdır; her ikisini de gelişigüzel kullanır. Tapındığı kutsal gerçek, herkesin hakkı olanı herkese eksiksiz tanımaktır. Kimseye zarar vermek istemediği için başkasına karşı da sahtelik etmediği gibi, kendisinin olmayanı kabul etmediği için kendi benliğine karşı da sahte değildir."

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