Jean-Jacques Rousseau Autograph Letter Signed: "Poor blind creatures that we are! Heaven, unmask the impostors, and compel their barbarous hearts to lay…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Autograph Letter Signed: "Poor blind creatures that we are! Heaven, unmask the impostors, and compel their barbarous hearts to lay themselves open to the eyes of mankind" Important Swiss-French philosopher and writer (1712-1778) who held that the individual is essentially good but usually corrupted by society. ALS in French, signed “J. J. Rousseau,” one page, 6.5 x 8.5, March 14, 1770. Handwritten letter to the Marquis de Beffroy, Governor of Bourgoin, thanking him for

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