“The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of [woman]. —JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU” — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“In reality, the source of all these differences is, that the savage lives within himself, while the social man lives constantly outside… — C.J. Box Copy Share Image
The only dance masters I could have were Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Walt Whitman and Nietzsche. — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
The theory of social contracts extends as far back as Plato. However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke,… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
“If I had had to choose my place of birth, I would have chosen a state in which everyone knew everyone else,… — Christopher Ryan Copy Share Image
“Man is born free but is everywhere in chains,” wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau in The Social Contract in 1762. A generation of crusading… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
Abstract ideas like equality and liberty have a spurious transparency, and can be used to derive pleasing theorems in the manner of… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
“As the literary fairy tale spread in France to every age group and every social class, it began to serve different functions,… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
However, it was the great 18th century social philosophers John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau who brought the concept of a… — Simon Mainwaring Copy Share Image
“The French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau speculated that states are formed by a social contract, a rational decision reached when people calculated their… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
The star is the ultimate American verification of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile. His mere existence proves the perfectability of any man or woman.… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
“Hence," goes on the professor, "definitions of happiness are interesting." I suppose the best thing to do with that is to let… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“human nature of their origins runs counter to the prevailing cultural view of the ancient Near East. In the Genesis narrative, we… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“Nothing is harder than distinguishing in children between real stupidity and that apparent but misleading stupidity which simply indicates strength of character.… — Peter Gumbel Copy Share Image
“Depending on which flavor of academic scholarship you prefer, that age had its roots in the Renaissance or Mannerist periods in Germany,… — David Downie Copy Share Image
“When I stay in one Place, I can hardly think at all; my body had to be on the move to set… — ROUSSEAU Copy Share Image
“He who pretends to look on death without fear lies. All men are afraid of dying, this is the great law of… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“The inquiry begins with Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78), who was the first of the modern intellectuals, their archetype and in many ways the… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
“French Enlightenment philosophers liked to use slavery as a symbol of human oppression, and particularly political oppression. “Man is born free but… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
“The first articulate explorer and to an extent even theorist of intimacy was Jean-Jacques Rousseau who, characteristically enough, is the only great… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“The ‘republican’ variant is that freedom must mean non-domination. Stemming from Aristotle, republican freedom requires freedom from potential domination as well as… — Guy Standing Copy Share Image
Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau. — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Jean-Jacques Rousseau defined civilization as when people build fences. A very perceptive observation. And it’s true—all civilization is the product of a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Liberal politics is based on the idea that the voters know best, and there is no need for Big Brother to tell… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
