Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reveries of the Solitary Walker
"Entirely taken up by the present, I could remember nothing; I had no distinct notion of myself as a person, nor had I the least idea of what had just happened to me. I did not know who I was, nor where I was; I felt neither pain, fear, nor anxiety. I watched my blood flowing as I might have watched a stream, without even thinking that the blood had anything to do with me. I felt throughout my whole being such a wonderful calm, that whenever I recall this feeling I can find nothing to compare with it in all the pleasures that stir our lives."
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"Entirely taken up by the present, I could remember nothing; I had no distinct notion of myself as a person, nor had I the least idea of what had just happened to me. I did not know who I was, nor where I was; I felt neither pain, fear, nor anxiety. I watched my blood flowing as I might have watched a stream, without even thinking that the blood had anything to do with me. I felt throughout my whole being such a wonderful calm, that whenever I recall this feeling I can find nothing to compare with it in all the pleasures that stir our lives."
"مستغرقًا كليًا في اللحظة الراهنة، لم أستطع تذكر أي شيء؛ لم تكن لدي فكرة واضحة عن نفسي كشخص، ولا أدنى تصور لما حدث لي للتو. لم أكن أعرف من أنا، ولا أين أنا؛ لم أشعر بألم، ولا خوف، ولا قلق. راقبت دمي وهو يتدفق كما لو كنت أراقب جدول ماء، دون أن يخطر ببالي حتى أن للدم أي علاقة بي. شعرت في كياني كله بهدوء رائع، لدرجة أنني كلما تذكرت هذا الشعور، لا أجد ما أقارنه به في كل الملذات التي تحرك حياتنا."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reveries of the Solitary Walker
"I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reveries of the Solitary Walker
"Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reveries of the Solitary Walker
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