At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.


Emile: selections (ed. 1956)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.

At sixteen, the adolescent knows about suffering because he himself has suffered, but he barely knows that other beings also suffer.