Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Biography : Genevan philosopher, writer and composer.
Born: 1712 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Switzerland

Switzerland

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Peoples once accustomed to masters are not in a condition to do without them.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men /

I venture to declare that a state of reflection is a state contrary to nature, and that a thinking man is a depraved animal.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men /

Which was the most necessary, society already formed to invent languages, or languages already invented to form society?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men

The knowledge of death, and of its terrors, is one of the first acquisitions made by man, in consequence of his deviating from the animal state.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men

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