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Emile, or On Education Quotes

Although modesty is natural to the human species, naturally children have none. Modesty is born only with the knowledge of evil. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)

Although modesty is natural to the human species, naturally children have none. Modesty is born only with the knowledge of evil.[Quoique la pudeur soit naturelle à l’espèce humaine, naturellement les enfants n’en ont point. La pudeur ne naît qu’avec la connaissance du mal.]

Source:(Basic Books, ed. 1979), Book IV, Page 217
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Emile, or On Education Quotes)
  • Book: Emile, or On Education
  • Writer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1762
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