What do you think of when you hear the name Jean Jacques Rousseau? If you’re like most people, the first thing that comes to mind is the phrase noble savage. Rousseau was one of the earliest and most influential advocates of this idea, which holds that humans are born good but are corrupted by society. But Rousseau was much more than just a philosopher. He was a musician, writer, and politician.
Here are the most inspiring Free, Life quotes from Jean Jacques Rousseau, and much more.
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Born:
28 June 1712
Died:
2 July 1778
Era:
18Th-Century Philosophy
Region:
Western Philosophy
School:
Social Contract Romanticism
Main Interests:
Political Philosophy, Music, Education, Literature, Autobiography
Notable Ideas:
General Will, Amour De Soi, Amour-Propre, Moral Simplicity Of Humanity, Child-Centered Learning, Civil Religion, Popular Sovereignty, Positive Liberty
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
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
Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it. — Jean
We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, and born a man.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
Every man has a right to risk his own life for the preservation of it.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living. — Jean
The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
Appreciation starts from yourself, or from nobody at all. — Jean Jacques Rousseau
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote the philosophical treatises A Discourse on the Origins of Inequality and The Social Contract ; the novels Julie; or, The New Eloise and Émile; or, On Education ; and the autobiographical Confessions, among other works
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
You don’t have to dream when You habitually think good and do good. — Jean Jacques Rousseau
You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men. — Jean
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.–Jean — Jacques Rousseau
It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules. — Jean
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves. — Jean
There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something. — Jean
A born king is a very rare being. — Jean
To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness. — Jean
