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Day 76 · Q1: Self-Knowledge · March 17, 2026
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Pause. Breathe. Begin.
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I . L E C T I O
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Rousseau
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Emile, or On Education, Book I, 1762
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“Everything is good as it leaves the hands of the Author of things; everything degenerates in the hands of man.”
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C O N T E X T
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Rousseau's educational treatise opens with a radical claim: human beings are naturally good but corrupted by society. This idea — that civilization itself is the problem — launched an intellectual revolution.
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I I . M E D I T A T I O
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“What part of your authentic self has been corrupted or suppressed by social expectations?”
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Scriptio & Connexio await you there.
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