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Quotation from A Discourse on Political Economy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“establish the reign of virtue”
A Discourse on Political Economy, Second rule (opening), trans. G. D. H. Cole (1913)
Virtue is defined as the conformity of particular wills with the general will; the second rule of public economy is to make that conformity prevail.
Citation: "establish the reign of virtue" — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A Discourse on Political Economy, Second rule (opening), trans. G. D. H. Cole (1913). (id rousseau-discourse-on-political-economy-q5)
