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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes about thinking

French Philosopher, Writer June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778

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A child who passes through many hands in turn, can never be well brought up. At every change he makes a secret comparison, which continually tends to lessen his respect for those who control him, and with it their authority over him. If once he thinks there are grown-up people with no more sense than children the authority of age is destroyed and his education is ruined. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
...there is no real advance in human reason, for what we gain in one direction we lose in another; for all minds start from the same point, and as the time spent in learning what others have thought is so much time lost in learning to think for ourselves, we have more acquired knowledge and less vigor of mind. Our minds like our arms are accustomed to use tools for everything, and to do nothing for themselves. 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 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "The English think they are free. They are free only during the..."
The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote: "It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of..."
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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