"The body should be strong enough to obey the mind; a good servant must be strong."
— Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)
Date
1762
Metaphor
"The body should be strong enough to obey the mind; a good servant must be strong."
Metaphor in Context
The body should be strong enough to obey the mind; a good servant must be strong. I know that intemperance stimulates the passions; in course of time it also destroys the body; fasting and penance often produce the same results in an opposite way. The weaker the body, the more imperious its demands; the stronger it is, the better it obeys. All sensual passions find their home in effeminate bodies; the less satisfaction they can get the keener their sting.
(Book I, p. 24)
(Book I, p. 24)
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Over 20 entries in ESTC (1762, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1768, 1773, 1774, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1783, 1785, 1799).
See William Kenrick's translation: Emilius and Sophia: or, a New System of Education. Translated from the French of J. J. Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva. By the translator of Eloisa, 2 vols. (London: Printed for R. Griffiths, 1762). <Link to ECCO>
Reading in Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Émile, trans. Barbara Foxley (London: J.M. Dent, 1993).
French text from Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Collection complète des oeuvres, 17 vols (Genève, 1780-1788). <Rousseau Online>
See William Kenrick's translation: Emilius and Sophia: or, a New System of Education. Translated from the French of J. J. Rousseau, Citizen of Geneva. By the translator of Eloisa, 2 vols. (London: Printed for R. Griffiths, 1762). <Link to ECCO>
Reading in Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Émile, trans. Barbara Foxley (London: J.M. Dent, 1993).
French text from Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Collection complète des oeuvres, 17 vols (Genève, 1780-1788). <Rousseau Online>
Date of Entry
05/01/2007
