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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Biography

Author Profession: Philosopher
Nationality: French
Born: June 28, 1712
Died: July 2, 1778

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Childhood is the sleep of reason.
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