“The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The mob and the intellectuals derived from it the vision of a Golden Age which would arrive without fail once the noble human race could act according to its whims.” HumansHas BeensAgePastRaceVisionFailingSocietyCenturyHuman NatureGoodnessNobleDoctrineGoldenHuman RaceMischiefWhimGolden Age Author:Jacob Burckhardt
“The seventeenth century is everywhere a time in which the state's power over everything individual increases, whether that power be in absolutist hands or may be considered the result of a contract, etc. People begin to dispute the sacred right of the individual ruler or authority without being aware that at the same time they are playing into the hands of a colossal state power.” PeopleMayStatesHandsIndividualResultsCenturyAuthorityIncreaseSacredEtcContractsRulersDisputesColossal Book:Judgements on History and Historians Source: Judgements on History and Historians
