The bounds of human possibility are not as confining as we think they are; they are made to seem to be tight by our weaknesses, our vices, our prejud… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
" "The bounds of human possibility are not as confining as we think they are; they are made to seem to be tight by our weaknesses, our vices, our prejudices that confine 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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El sentimiento de la existencia despojado de todo otro afecto es por sí mismo un sentimiento precioso de contento y de paz que bastaría por sí solo para hacer dulce y querida esta existencia a quien supiera apartar de sí todas las impresiones sensuales y terrenas que acuden incesantemente a distraernos y a turbar aquí abajo la dulzura. Pero la mayoría de los hombres, agitados por continuas pasiones, conocen poco este estado, y no habiéndolo sentido sino imperfectamente durante escasos instantes, no conservan de él más que una idea oscura y confusa que no les hace apreciar su encanto.
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