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Politics : Idea Of The Day
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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (45374)12/24/2003 11:47:05 PM
From: JEB  Read Replies (1) of 50167
 
To me it is useless to read about Rousseau unless first you read something of his life. He seems to me to be a bundle of contradictions -- a sort of frustrated man who was constantly changing professions and localities through fear or similar motive; but who discovered that he had a considerable facility in dealing with abstractions.

He read a number of ancient philosophers and historians and from this reading began to picture "the world as it ought to be."

While I never thought about it before, it is entirely possible that his writings have had far greater influence with our so-called "intelligensia" than would seem reasonable. By the way, did you ever hear that definition of a member of the intelligensia that runs, "One who uses more words than necessary to tell more than he knows."

07/20/1954, Letter to Brigadier General Bradford G. Chynoweth, President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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