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Every free action has two causes that come together to produce it. One is moral, the will that determines the act the other is physical, the power that executes the will to act.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Age: 66 †
Born: 1712
Born: June 28
Died: 1778
Died: July 2
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