It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confi
“Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass.”
“You must remember that a woman, by nature, needs much less to feed upon than a man, a few emotions and she is satisfied.”