Both Voltaires and Rousseaus are needed in India By Justice Katju
Man has two basic attributes, reason and emotion. While the French thinker Voltaire ( 1694-1778 ) emphasized on reason, the French thinker Rousseau ( 1712-1778 ) emphasized on emotion, saying that overemphasis on reason and ignoring emotion will result in man becoming cunning, crafty, scheming and totally selfish and calculating, instead of being patriotic and … Read more