Reflection may be a state against nature, and the thinking human a depraved animal

Drawn from what Jean-Jacques Rousseau said

What Jean-Jacques Rousseau actually said

Jean-Jacques Rousseau c. 1754–1755 Genevan philosopher and writer (1712 to 1778)

Allowing that nature intended we should always enjoy good health, I dare almost affirm that a state of reflection is a state against nature, and that the man who meditates is a depraved animal.

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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