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—The Europeans believe that liberty is promoted by depriving the social authority of some of its rights; the Americans, by dividing its exercise—Almost
Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
Émile (or On Education), published in 1762, Jean-Jacques Rousseau used the fictional example of a boy called Émile to argue that a child can learn everything he needs to without interference from adults.
Ian Leslie • Curious
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Do Contrato Social (Portuguese Edition)
Locke is the most fortunate of all philosophers. He completed his work in theoretical philosophy just at the moment when the government of his country fell into the hands of men who shared his political opinions. Both in practice and in theory, the views which he advocated were held, for many years to come, by the most vigorous and influential poli
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Do Contrato Social (Portuguese Edition)
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Do Contrato Social (Portuguese Edition)
The other main type of theory—of which Locke is a representative -maintained that civil government is the result of a contract, and is an affair purely of this world, not something established by divine authority.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
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