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... Rousseau ! He was probably a better man than Rousseau ; he was certainly a more delightful one ; but he was far less interesting . It was in the gentle , personal , everyday things of life that his nature triumphed . Here and there in ...
... Rousseau ! He was probably a better man than Rousseau ; he was certainly a more delightful one ; but he was far less interesting . It was in the gentle , personal , everyday things of life that his nature triumphed . Here and there in ...
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... Rousseau — had in view an elaborate , a priori , ideal system of government ; but these were exceptions , and the majority of the Philosophes ignored politics proper altogether . This was a great misfortune ; but it was inevitable . The ...
... Rousseau — had in view an elaborate , a priori , ideal system of government ; but these were exceptions , and the majority of the Philosophes ignored politics proper altogether . This was a great misfortune ; but it was inevitable . The ...
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... ROUSSEAU , there appeared a man in some ways even more remarkable than either of his great contemporaries . The peculiar distinction of Rousseau was his originality . Neither Voltaire nor Diderot possessed this quality in a supreme ...
... ROUSSEAU , there appeared a man in some ways even more remarkable than either of his great contemporaries . The peculiar distinction of Rousseau was his originality . Neither Voltaire nor Diderot possessed this quality in a supreme ...
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... Rousseau's originality went infinitely further than this . He neither represented his age , nor led it ; he opposed . it . His outlook upon the world was truly revolutionary . In his eyes , the reforms which his contemporaries were so ...
... Rousseau's originality went infinitely further than this . He neither represented his age , nor led it ; he opposed . it . His outlook upon the world was truly revolutionary . In his eyes , the reforms which his contemporaries were so ...
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... Rousseau was no exception . In his writings , the true gist of his meaning seems to be only partially re- vealed ... Rousseau's preaching and his practice , as it stands revealed in the Confessions the lover of independence who never ...
... Rousseau was no exception . In his writings , the true gist of his meaning seems to be only partially re- vealed ... Rousseau's preaching and his practice , as it stands revealed in the Confessions the lover of independence who never ...
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Page 126 - Dieu et la nature sont en tout cela ce qu'il n'admire point; il ne va pas plus loin que l'oignon de sa tulipe, qu'il ne livrerait pas pour mille écus, et qu'il donnera pour rien quand les tulipes seront négligées et que les œillets auront prévalu. Cet homme raisonnable, qui a une âme, qui a un culte et une religion, revient chez soi fatigué, affamé, mais fort content de sa journée : il a vu des tulipes.
Page 60 - Quelle chimère est-ce donc que l'homme ? Quelle nouveauté, quel monstre, quel chaos, quel sujet de contradiction, quel prodige ! Juge de toutes choses, imbécile ver de terre; dépositaire du vrai, cloaque d'incertitude et d'erreur ; gloire et rebut de l'univers.
Page 118 - Jupin pour chaque état mit deux tables au monde : L'adroit, le vigilant, et le fort, sont assis A la première ; et les petits Mangent leur reste à la seconde.