"For if men needed speech in order to learn to think, they had a still greater need for knowing how to think in order to discover the art of speaking… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"For if men needed speech in order to learn to think, they had a still greater need for knowing how to think in order to discover the art of speaking" - Rousseau
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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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Citizen of Geneva
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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J. J. Rousseau
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Rousseau
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J.J. Rousseau
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JJ Rousseau
Mi talento consistía en saber decir a los hombres verdades útiles, pero duras, con bastante valor y energía;
You will never be free as long as there remains one Russian soldier in Poland and your freedom will always be threatened as long as Russia interferes in your affairs.
It is unfortunate for J.J that Rousseau cannot say everything he knows about him.
