Civilization — Greatest Achievement or Greatest Mistake? 🏛️🌿 Voltaire Vs Rousseau

One believed civilization was mankind’s greatest achievement. The other believed it was mankind’s greatest mistake.

Both were French. Both were brilliant. Both despised each other.
Voltaire and Rousseau — the two minds that shaped the modern world, finally in the same room.

Three hundred years later, people are still trying to decide who was right.

Are you civilized — or are you free?

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