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"Beings who are so uniquely constituted must necessarily express themselves in other ways than ordinary men. It is impossible that with souls so differently modified, they should not carry over into the expression of their feelings and ideas the stamp of those modifications."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau· b. 1946View quote →

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosophy

Enlightenment

1946–2014

"Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain."

"In the West, secularism implies pinpricking religious fraud and arrogance, but in India, secularists are the most eloquent defenders of myth and theocracy."

"The Society of Tomorrow by Molinari, published electronically by The Library of Economics and Liberty with annotations, biography, etc."

"Kandinsky in Munich uttered the well known words: 'Everything is permitted!' In 1961; we still live by this heritage, which in truth is inexhaustible."

"M: Nam efficit hoc philosophia: medetur animis, inanes sollicitudines detrahit, cupiditatibus liberat, pellit timores."

"is stupidity for a country with 53 percent of its exports going to the Continent and to the rest of Europe. It’s even so stupid that Britain’s best friends, the U.S., don’t understand it all."

"Public transport is functionality for people not engineers."

"The ideas of nonequilibrium order and of the search for stability extend Darwin’s concept back to the prebiotic stage by redefining the “fittest”."

"The future is a world limited by ourselves; in it we discover only what concerns us and, sometimes, by chance, what interests those whom we love the most."

"The real father of the Atlantic Alliance was Stalin. It is he who has the right to a monument in each of our countries."

"The man of the future will be dedicated to individualism."

"Francis Heylighen profile at Google Scholar"

"An anarchist does not want to rule others and does not want others to rule him. Nothing is so despicable as half-an-anarchist."

"I was motivated not so much by belief, as by loyalty to my Pagan ancestors, who were loyal to their Gods, worshiping underground, always resisting, and who punctuate our history."

"In this new Millennium, we are being challenged by four megatrends that are converging upon us over the next twenty years, namely:"

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Leopold II of Belgium

Politics

1835–1909

"The Congo Free State is unique in its kind. It has nothing to hide and no secrets and is not beholden to anyone except its founder."

"Trailer for Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris"

"The fact that we are I don't know how many millions of people, yet communication, complete communication, is completely impossible between two of those people, is to me one of the biggest tragic themes in the world."

"The city offers certainly advantages, I agree. But I think that they do not outweigh the direct, unadulterated inspiration of the natural life that I find here ."

"The seventh Definition. The Golden Rule, or Rule of three, is that by which to three tearmes given, the fourth proportionall tearme is found."

"It is almost an intellectual tradition to pay heed to the insane. In my case those that I most respect are the morons."

"We continually speak of world views in the plural because a unique and monolithic world view - considering the immense complexity of reality - will remain an unattainable ideal."

"There is no conflict between science and religion."

"I have never been a child prodigy. When I think back to my childhood, I can not discern any sign of future success. My only real talent couldn't be found in any curriculum: whistling."

"The original latin text and a german texts may be found in may be found in volume 3, pp 99-333 of Ad Maiorem Gerardi Mercatoris Gloriam. This english translation is a slightly edited version of the Google translation"

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Leopold III of Belgium

"It is as though a puzzle could be put together simply by shaking its pieces."

"The nice thing about mathematics is doing mathematics."

"The overwhelming majority of countries fail to respect the rights of atheists and freethinkers although they have signed U.N agreements to treat all citizens equally."

"If you see something that's wrong, you've got to do something about it."

"It is evident that thought is also necessary for action. But the Church has for centuries ... focused on orthodoxy and left orthopraxis in the hands of nonmembers and nonbelievers."

"I swear to abide by the constitution and laws of the Belgian people, to maintain national independence and the integrity of the land."

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François-Joseph Fétis

"The reformer Yeltsin represents the tendency which wants to reduce the gigantic state apparatus. Consequently he follows in Trotsky's footsteps."

Queen Mathilde of Belgium

Mathematics

b. 1973

"The homework is obviously in Dutch. I adapt myself accordingly. The kids just think in Dutch."

"Each word is a singularity, or is connected with a singularity, in our way of understanding existence."

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"Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men"

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"It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living."

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

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"I want you to read the true system of the heart, drafted by a decent man and published under another name. I do not want you to be biased against good and useful books merely because a man unworthy of reading them has the audacity to call himself the Author."

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, b. 1946View →

"As a general rule—never substitute the symbol for the thing signified, unless it is impossible to show the thing itself; for the child's attention is so taken up with the symbol that he will forget what it signifies."

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, b. 1946View →

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