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Thought For the Day: Nothing Enslaves More Perfectly Than the False Appearance of Freedom

“There is no subjugation so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom for in that way one captures volition itself.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)    

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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Rousseau – Discourse on Inequality

On June 28, 1712, Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born.  Reaching beyond his death on July 2, 1778, his political philosophy influenced the European Enlightenment particularly in France.  He has had a lasting impact through today … Continue reading

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