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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(28 Jun 1712 - 2 Jul 1778)
Swiss philosopher and writer.
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Science Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (2 quotes)
It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Emile (1762).
The issue is not to teach [a child] the sciences, but to give him the taste for loving them.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Émile, or, On Education, new translation by Alan Bloom (1979), 172.
At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This is how deep truths are winnowed from deep nonsense. -- Carl Sagan
