But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizen… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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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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Herhangi bir yarardan sıyrılmış gerçek, bir hak oluşturmaz ve bu nedenle, onu saklayan yalan söylemiş olmaz.

"Cállate Jean Jaques, que no te entenderán"
La miré, me chocó y callé.

The indolence I love is not that of a lazy fellow who sits with his arms across in total inaction, and thinks no more than he acts,...

...but that of a child which is incessantly in motion doing nothing, and that of a dotard who wanders from his subject.

But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people... - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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