The first step is the hardest.

Il n'y a que le premier pas qui coûte.

Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond

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Getting started

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Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond

Language

French

Time

1763 1760s 18th century

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France Europe

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Madame du Deffand. Letter to Jean Le Rond d'Alembert. 7 July 1763.

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Censorship is crucial for preserving morals but useless for restoring them.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract

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Censorship Morality

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1762 1760s 18th century

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Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 4, ch. 7.

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 4, ch. 7.

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