Date: 1762

"Reflecting upon things passing in his own mind, he will find, that a brisk circulation of thought constantly prompts him to action; and that he is averse to action when his perceptions languish in their course."

— Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696-1782)

Date: 1762

"Another valuable purpose may be gathered, from considering in what manner objects are imprinted upon the mind."

— Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696-1782)

Date: 1762

"To make such an impression as to give the memory fast hold of the object, time is required, even where attention is the greatest; and a moderate degree of attention, which is the common case, must be continued still longer to produce the same effect."

— Home, Henry, Lord Kames (1696-1782)

Date: 1762

"Along with these three kinds of law goes a fourth, most important of all, which is not graven on tablets of marble or brass, but on the hearts of the citizens."

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

Date: 1762

"The public force therefore needs an agent of its own to bind it together and set it to work under the direction of the general will, to serve as a means of communication between the State and the Sovereign, and to do for the collective person more or less what the union of soul and body does for...

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

Date: 1762

"The body should be strong enough to obey the mind; a good servant must be strong."

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

Date: 1762

"Plus je rentre en moi, plus je me consulte, & plus je lis ces mots écrits dans mon âme: Sois juste, & tu seras heureux. [The more I return within myself, the more I consult myself, the more plainly do I read these words written in my soul: Be just and you will be happy.]"

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

Date: 1762

"C’est alors que la voix de la conscience reprendra sa force & son empire, c’est alors que la volupté pure qui naît du contentement de soi-même, & le regret amer de s’être avili, distingueront par des sentiments inépuisables le sort que chacun se sera préparé."

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

Date: 1762

"Après avoir ainsi, de l’impression des objets sensibles & du sentiment intérieur qui me porte à juger des causes selon mes lumières naturelles, déduit les principales vérités qu’il m’importoit de connaître, il me reste a chercher que, es maximes j’en dois tirer pour ma conduite, & quelles règles...

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)

Date: 1762

"En suivant toujours ma méthode, je ne tire point ces règles des principes d’une haute philosophie, mais je les trouve au fond de mon coeur écrites par la nature en caractères ineffaçables [Following always my method, I do not draw these rules from the principles of the higher philosophy, but I f...

— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)