Contrariwise: Literary Tattoos » Jean-Jacques Rousseau http://www.contrariwise.org Tattoos from books, poetry, music, and other sources. Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:57:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 man is born free http://www.contrariwise.org/2009/07/19/man-is-born-free/ http://www.contrariwise.org/2009/07/19/man-is-born-free/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:00:40 +0000 Jen http://www.contrariwise.org/?p=934 normal_093

This is Ally’s tattoo from On the Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

I first saw the quote when I was about 14 or 15; it stayed with me for a long time.  Nine years down the road, when I finally made up my mind to get my first tattoo, I decided on this quote because I agreed with the sentiment completely. Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains – we are all bound by something beyond our control.

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“The Greeks who were locked up in the Cyclops’ cave lived a tranquil existence as they awaited their turn to be devoured.”

- Rousseau, On the Social Contract, ch. IV “On Slavery”

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