“Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.”
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) Genevan philosopher
“Every person born into this world has a natural right to sustain, preserve, and defend his own life to the best of his ability.”
— Giovanni Boccaccio, book The Decameron
Natural ragione è di ciascuno che ci nasce, la sua vita, quanto può, aiutare e conservare e difendere.
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The Decameron (c. 1350)
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LXXX. TEACHER
Orphic Sayings
Context: The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples. A noble artist, he has visions of excellence and revelations of beauty, which he has neither impersonated in character, nor embodied in words. His life and teachings are but studies for yet nobler ideals.