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Emile 卢梭 247Words 2018-03-18
If I want to study people's hearts, I would rather choose to look at their private lives, so that they can't escape even if they want to.Historians follow him everywhere, giving him no respite, no corners to hide from, to escape the piercing eyes of the spectators.When people think they are hiding well, historians can show him clearly.Montaigne said: "If the historian is more interested in ideas than in events, and more concerned with what comes from within rather than without, then I would prefer to read the works of such writers." It is true that if we are going to judge people, we must first study the individual.He who knows the inclinations of each individual may foresee the influence of these human beings united on the whole nation.

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