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Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau’s terrible life: Why it’s important to read bad books about bad ideas.

By Filings on Thu, 08/07/25
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“The most dangerous ingredient in Rousseau’s ideas was an unbounded confidence in human ability. He scoffed at formal religion, assuming that through unaided reason, humans could discover all truth. In his view, we only need to be freed from the chains of superstition and authority.” - Breakpoint

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