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# If it is good to know how to use men as they are, it is far better still to make them what one needs them to be; the most absolute authority is that which penetrates into the inmost being of a man and exerts no less influence…
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/esli-eto-khorosho-umet-ispolzovat-liudei-takimi-kakovy-oni-to-eshche-mnogo-luchshe-sdelat-ikh-takimi-kakimi-nuzhno-chtoby-oni-byli-samaia-neogranichennaia-vlast-eto-ta-kotoraia-pronikae/
- Published: 2024-01-24T10:44:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:34:43.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Education, Society

From Jean-Jacques Rousseau's article “Discourse on Political Economy” in the Encyclopédie