I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

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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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Konunun içyüzünü, bildiklerimi yalnızca adalet kurallarına göre kullancak denli biliyor muyum? Dahası var; başkalarına borçlu bulunduklarımızı, yalnızca gerçeğe borçlu bulunduklarımızı gereğince düşündüm mü? Birini aldatırken zarara düşürmezsem, bu, kendime zarar vermiyorum demek midir? Kusursuz olmak için haksızlık etmemek yeter mi?

Visions are a feeble resource, you will say, against great adversity! Oh Sir, these visions may possibly have more reality than all those apparent goods about which men make so much ado, for they never bring a true feeling of happiness to the soul, and those who possess them are equally forced to project themselves into the future for want of finding enjoyments that satisfy them, in the present.

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Nikdy jsem nemyslil, že svoboda člověka by záležela v tom, aby dělal, co chce, nýbrž spíš, aby nikdy nedělal, co nechce, a to je svoboda, jíž jsem se vždy dovolával, často ji zachovával a pro kterou jsem byl nejvíce svým vrstevníkům k pohoršení

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