Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau added a new type of will to those discussed by philosophers, which he called the "General will" (volonté générale). This concept developed from Rousseau's considerations on the social contract theory of Hobbes, and describes the shared will of a whole citizenry, whose agreement is understood to exist in discussions about the legitimacy of governments and laws.
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“I only see clearly what I remember.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
“Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.”
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“No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”
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