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Pity is a natural sentiment that moderates self-love and helps preserve the whole species

Drawn from what Jean-Jacques Rousseau said

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  1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Genevan philosopher and writer (1712 to 1778)
    It is therefore certain that pity is a natural sentiment, which, by moderating in every individual the activity of self-love, contributes to the mutual preservation of the whole species.

    Where this was said

    ↗A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind (1755; Harvard Classics translation)gutenberg.org

    c. 1754–1755

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