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Quotation from A Discourse on Political Economy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“the other becomes a traitor the moment he listens to his”
A Discourse on Political Economy, Opening section (state and family), trans. G. D. H. Cole (1913)
The father has only to consult his heart; the magistrate who listens to his own heart betrays his office and must follow the public reason, which is the law.
Citation: "the other becomes a traitor the moment he listens to his" — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse on Political Economy, Opening section (state and family), trans. G. D. H. Cole (1913). (id rousseau-discourse-on-political-economy-q1)
