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I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.
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Civilization Deep Home Imagination Man Nature Philosophy
Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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Blood Human Nature Price Worth
There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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Deep Desire Enough Need Peace Prison
Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.
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Born Freedom Greatness Man Philosophy Thinking
Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves.
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Nature Ourselves Perspective
The sociable man, always outside himself, is capable of living only in the opinions of others and, so to speak, derives the sentiment of his own existence solely from their judgment.
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Existence Himself Judgement Live Man Talk
The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying ‘this is mine’, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.
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Believe Enough Greatness Himself People Pieces Reality Simplicity
A taste for ostentation is rarely associated in the same souls with a taste for honesty.
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Honesty Soul Taste
Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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Food Goodness Happiness Money
To renounce freedom is to renounce one’s humanity, one’s rights as a man and equally one’s duties.
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Equality Freedom Humanity Man Oneself Right
If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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Democracy God Government Man Nation
Quit thy childhood, my friend, and wake up!
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Children Friendship Myself Quit Wake Up
All my misfortunes come of having thought too well of my fellows.
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Misfortune Myself Thinking Trust
If force compels obedience, there is no need to invoke a duty to obey, and if force ceases to compel obedience, there is no longer any obligation.
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Force Need Obligation Philosophy
The imagination which causes so many ravages among us, never speaks to the heart of savages.
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Heart Imagination Savage Talk
My love for imaginary objects and my facility in lending myself to them ended by disillusioning me with everything around me, and determined that love of solitude which I have retained ever since that time.
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Imagination Love Myself Solitude Time