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A wise philosophy teacher once told me that it is a necessity to possess the time for contemplation of philosophical thought. The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said This is mine, and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not any one have saved mankind, by pulling up the stakes, or filling up the ditch, and crying to his fellows: Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all, and the earth itself to nobody. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality, 1754
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 03:39:19 +0000

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