Social man lives always outside himself; he knows how to live only in the opinion of others, it is, so to speak, from their judgement alone that he d… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Social man lives always outside himself; he knows how to live only in the opinion of others, it is, so to speak, from their judgement alone that he derives the sense of his own existence.

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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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