"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Escape the artificial constraints of society and return to nature."
Today's Question
Is the invisible constraint you feel due to the 'social duties' forced by others, or your own 'inner desire' to possess more?
The opera composer and social contract theorist who lived as an outcast
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Geneva-born thinker who felt disillusioned by the vanity of Parisian nobles.
His books 'Emile' and 'The Social Contract' caused backlashes, forcing him to flee. Despite persecution, he argued that chains restricting freedom are built by artificial materials and ego, living in nature.