It was part of Rousseau's vanity that he believed himself incapable of base emotions. ‘I feel too superior to hate.' ‘I love myself too much to hate anybody. (Paul Johnson)

It was part of Rousseau's vanity that he believed himself incapable of base emotions. ‘I feel too superior to hate.' ‘I love myself too much to hate anybody.

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