Quotations from French Philosophers
Montesquieu
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the pub- lic welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century. ⚫Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
Voltaire
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• Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. Common sense is not so common.
Rousseau
• Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.
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• Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for
them.
Look for evidence to support
concepts. What evidence sup- ports the criticism of Rousseau that he was not clear on how to identify the general will? (short sentence) written like a 8th grader