Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseauwas a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the overall development of modern political and educational thought...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth28 June 1712
CityGeneva, Switzerland
CountryFrance
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quotes about
reading men people
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.
atheist law atheism
No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.
money riches firsts
Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.
birthday regret age
O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.
secret likes firsts
The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.
religious believer rascals
Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.
finance slave
Finance is a slave's word.
kings born social-contract
A born king is a very rare being.
body politics causes
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.
heart men liberty
Liberty is not to be found in any form of government; she is in the heart of the free man; he bears her with him everywhere.
hero character scripture
The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero.
shopping morality
One can buy anything with money except morality.
honesty eye atheism
All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society.
unity i-can knows
I don't know what is truth,but I can tell you how to find it!