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Download Solution PDFDirections: Identify the author who uttered the following sentence:
"Man is born free but is everywhere in chain".
This question was previously asked in
TNPSC Group 4 General English Official Paper 3 (Held On : 2016)
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 4 : Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'Jean Jacques Rousseau.'
Key Points
- The given lines are from Jean Jacque Rousseau's Political Philosophy.
- Jean Jacque Rousseau believes that “man is born free but is everywhere in chain” and consequently, there is the need to sustain human freedom.
- There are two ways of sustaining human freedom for Rousseau- a political arrangement and through a project of child development and education.
- Therefore, we can say that Jean Jacques Rousseau is the author who uttered "Man is born free but is everywhere in chain".
Hence, the correct answer is option 4.
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