Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778
Birthday: June 28
Death: July 2
Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. .. We are born weak, we need strength; we are born totally unprovided, we need aid; we are born stupid, we need judgment. Everything we do not have at our birth and which we need when we are grown is given us by education.
source: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1979). “Emile: Or, On Education”, p.38, Basic Books
topic: Educational, Stupid, Men, Birth Life, Need Strength
