Rousseau
The Solitary Walker
Man is born good, society corrupts him. Jean-Jacques walked alone. He dreamed of a better world. For you.
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Life and journey
Jean-Jacques was the man of nature. conflict with society.
Their thought
Original goodness. 'man is born good, society corrupts him.'
What they leave us
political revolution. father of modern autobiography.
Major works
The Social Contract (1762).
The Confessions (1782).
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12 quotes
“L'homme est né libre et partout il est dans les fers.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
— Du contrat social
“La patience est amère, mais ses fruits sont doux.”
Original quote in French
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“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
— Émile ou De l'éducation
“Quiconque veut être libre l'est en effet.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Whoever wants to be free, indeed is.”
— Discours sur l'inégalité
“La conscience est la voix de l'âme, les passions sont la voix du corps.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Consciousness is the voice of the soul, passions are the voice of the body.”
— Émile
“Le bonheur ne consiste pas à faire ce qu'on veut, mais à ne pas faire ce qu'on ne veut pas.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Happiness does not consist in doing what we want, but in not doing what we do not want.”
— Inconnu
“La conscience est la voix de l'âme.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Consciousness is the voice of the soul.”
— Inconnu
“Le bonheur est de ne pas faire ce qu'on ne veut pas.”
Original quote in French
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“Happiness is not doing what one does not want to do.”
— Inconnu
“L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”
— Inconnu
“Le plus fort n'est jamais assez fort pour être toujours le maître.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master.”
— Inconnu
“Malheur à celui qui n'a plus rien à désirer !”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“Woe to him who has nothing left to desire!”
— Inconnu
“L'argent qu'on possède est l'instrument de la liberté ; celui qu'on pourchasse est celui de la servitude.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The money one possesses is the instrument of freedom; the money one pursues is the instrument of servitude.”
— Inconnu
“La seule coutume qu'on doit laisser prendre à l'enfant est de n'en contracter aucune.”
Original quote in French
Suggested translation
“The only custom that should be allowed to a child is to not acquire any.”
— Inconnu
