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
gratitude philosophical inspirational-christmas
Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.
nature children men
Nature wants children to be children before men... Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling.
memories smell desire
Smell is the sense of memory and desire.
heart should
Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?
inspirational life motivational
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
educational stupid men
Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. .. We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education.
fortune bad-fortune knows
We do not know what really good or bad fortune is.
philosophical opposites risk
Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.
pride vanity nationalism
The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.
innocence guilty ashamed
Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.
mold broke made
God made me and broke the mold.
truth philosophical infinity
Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.
hate book philosophical
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
education children teaching
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.