Quote of Jean-Jacques Rousseau - There is only one science to...
Biography - Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
Genevan philosopher, writer and composer.
Born: 1712 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
Born: 1712 - Died: 1778
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: Switzerland
There is only one science to teach to children. It is that of man's duties.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about science:
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.
Quotes for: duty
It is much easier to obey your superior than to command yourself; and when you can do whatever you want, it's not easy to want only what you have to.
Freedom has been wholly interpreted as a right, as a thing which people are entitled to claim, whereas what it really is above all is an obligation and a duty.
Quotes about man, all human beings:
Quotes for: child
If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau also said...
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