Only when citizens remember the law can they better abide by the law.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a famous French Enlightenment thinker, philosopher, educator, and writer. He was the ideological pioneer of the French Revolution in the 18th century. , one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment. He believed that all rights belonged to the people. The government and officials were appointed by the people. The people had the right to appoint them and to replace them until the rulers who enslaved and oppressed the people were eliminated. This is the idea of ??popular sovereignty.
In philosophy, Rousseau advocated that feeling is the source of knowledge and adhered to the "deism" point of view; he emphasized that human nature is good and faith is higher than reason. In terms of social outlook, Rousseau insisted on the social contract theory and advocated the establishment of the "kingdom of reason" of the bourgeoisie; he advocated freedom and equality and opposed large private ownership and its oppression; he proposed the "theory of natural human rights" and opposed autocracy and tyranny. In terms of education, he advocated that the purpose of education is to cultivate natural persons; he opposed feudal education that harmed and despised children, and demanded that children's status in education be improved; he advocated reforming educational content and methods to conform to children's nature and allow them to develop freely physically and mentally, which reflected The demands of the bourgeoisie and the working people to liberate themselves from feudal autocracy. He also abandoned his own children because he suspected his young wife of being unfaithful to him and resented his mother-in-law's meanness. This was also repeatedly ridiculed by Hugo in "Les Misérables". And his own "Confessions" also mentioned this with great guilt. His major works include "On the Origin and Basis of Human Inequality", "The Social Contract", "Emile", "Confessions", etc.
This sentence comes from Rousseau: "The most important law of all laws is neither engraved on marble nor engraved on a copper watch, but is engraved in the hearts of citizens. It forms the The true constitution of the country…”.
If each of us can deeply engrave the sacred belief in the law in our hearts, then under the blue sky supported by the legal belief, we will be pleased to see that not far away A beautiful, ideal, and fascinating vision of the rule of law is not far ahead.
Kant once said with emotion: "There are two things. The more often and persistently we think about them, the more they fill the soul with ever-changing admiration and awe, and that is the bright starry sky above my head. And the moral law in my heart.”
So, today, each of us should have faith, faith in life, faith in time and space.