Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.

La haine ainii que l'amour rend crédule.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Confessions (Rousseau)

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Topic

Credulity

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Source

Confessions (Rousseau)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1781 1780s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Les Confessions [The Confessions]. Aux Deux-Ponts: Chez Sanson Et Compagnie, 1782, bk. 5.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Confessions, translated by Angela Scholar. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 1, bk. 5.

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The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 22: The Same Subject Continued: Other Defects of the Present Confederation." New York Packet, 14 Dec. 1787.

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Acceptance of death Death The human condition

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Albert Camus
Source
The Sea Close By
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