| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 920 |
| AUTHOR: | Jean Jacques Rousseau (171278) |
| QUOTATION: | Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU, Émile, trans. Allan Bloom, book 4, p. 308 (1979). Originally published in 1762. |
| SUBJECTS: | Jesus Christ |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | WORKS: | Jean Jacques Rousseau Collection | | |
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