{"id":97279,"date":"2026-02-14T02:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=97279"},"modified":"2025-08-21T17:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:42:05","slug":"voltaire-rousseaus-best-friend-breakup-valentines-day-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/02\/14\/voltaire-rousseaus-best-friend-breakup-valentines-day-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Voltaire &#038; Rousseau&#8217;s Best Friend Breakup \u2013 Valentine&#8217;s Day Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NyHUVd6f9DQ?si=Rh2XTCO43ZaPlj0S\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Overly Sarcastic Productions<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 14 Feb 2025<\/p>\n<p>Watch as two of the smartest men in French history bravely push the bounds of being the pettiest, most toxic idiots possible.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>SOURCES &#038; Further Reading:<br \/>\nRousseau&#8217;s <em>Discourse on the Arts and Sciences<\/em>, <em>Discourse on Inequality<\/em>, <em>Confessions<\/em><br \/>\nVoltaire&#8217;s <em>Candide<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Rousseau, the Age of Enlightenment, and Their Legacies<\/em> chapter 5 &#8220;The Enlightenment Hostilities of Voltaire and Rousseau&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2hnck10WHZnQ0VhLVVqVkJidVE3NnBYVUVXQXxBQ3Jtc0tuZ0gtUTkyMGstNDdLMW81Sk5DZ1pjU2hPcGZuelczTmNMc044cXVTRWhFSXdLbGk0NlBQQWJIMFF5RF9wYnFxQjVvaGpscjlocy11YmxzZXRXQXdTVUFRNGtPV3MycTFKdTBhQ2tWbFpTZGVkQ203UQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdokumen.pub%2Frousseau-the-age-of-enlightenment-and-their-legacies-core-textbooknbsped-9781400842407.html&#038;v=NyHUVd6f9DQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/dokumen.pub\/rousseau-the-age-&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Britannica<\/em> &#8220;Rousseau&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFdtQkd6dUFFZk11SVcxaF9DcGFza0NNVXZoZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuN0ZYb0dJbUlFdmtmOHp0VEpiSi1IRmhSdU9ETVk5LUc0VU1CX2xxTXFXcmZFeUZ3N2g0dDg0N1owRzNlSkY0eWtKZlpYX2R6LVdHWk9TQ1pZNWtwRmFyMncyeUZNXzVzTEhBMGdyVzRoREQzQ3p2TQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fbiography%2FJean-Jacques-Rousseau&#038;v=NyHUVd6f9DQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/&#8230;<\/a>) and &#8220;Voltaire&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGdDVzZCbWF1ZEtRRUFMOWFMSWUyYkYwWV9XQXxBQ3Jtc0trSm5WS2xVdzRXbnhxbElZSUY0aUVpOGFtY1lRZ1VBUkxzcG1STnJIMkd1eWN2YkdDMkVCSWItbDR3cHg0THlzTjdPLUtVRkkzTmhWcEY1bGZpV29JMEQ0RE9NS1pPNXR2eXc0VXhhNWFqWGhmQUZxTQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fbiography%2FVoltaire&#038;v=NyHUVd6f9DQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nUniversity of Oxford, Voltaire Foundation for Enlightenment Studies \u201cAbout Voltaire\u201d (https:\/\/www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk\/about-v&#8230;)<br \/>\nKat Eschner, <em>Smithsonian Mag<\/em>, &#8220;Voltaire: Enlightenment Philosopher and Lottery Scammer&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTZxWkMxMnJZcEVOVVFkbzdtZ0JObDIxbGg1d3xBQ3Jtc0ttNmFjcktEd254cWphSkRVRF8tV3M5N3c3T2pSR0Vfc3FUR3pqSFVCQ0FzQTlneEZKcTJTU3NBWGdFWEtFbHIwdUY2cG9HZnViQU95ZEJpS1NGd0w2c0JTakJ1VC1HTXl5YW5rTUpFdGNKUzRnUGpLcw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smithsonianmag.com%2Fsmart-news%2Fvoltaire-enlightenment-philosopher-and-lottery-scammer-180967265%2F&#038;v=NyHUVd6f9DQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nRousseau, &#8220;Letter to Voltaire&#8221;, 1756 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTV6U09iZ0VRV0Q4WTNCTnExd0swazhMc0doZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuUUl1VmlLUkNFZ1p1aVF5VUFvR3pjSEY4cWVuOUh5WWVXY3ZzdjdBX2V6TUhONXQ0dVJESk5EaWowWDI4SVpFLWFFa2JLYWV3eUJhTEUyYXdYV08wTGxReE9uZVV2NVl5ZUJIaUFPRHBVelNJclNkaw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FRousseauToVoltairet.marshall%2Fpage%2Fn5%2Fmode%2F2up&#038;v=NyHUVd6f9DQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/RousseauT&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nVoltaire, &#8220;Letter to Hume&#8221;, 1766 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmpLT2QwTjd5dGxvREdLZkgzUFg1d2U1V2NYZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuQXh3Qko5SXBPOUVXYUFoR3E0emV0am9JazBMTmdKVmtsb1VuaW9oUzNGTU56WjVRTU1UX3RXak1TVm1oNEJPc2lyb1dTUG1ncTlQQW5qYW9MVnhHNEMzdG1vdDFhZUV3T3owY2Q3VVBHclk0eG1Faw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbim_eighteenth-century_a-letter-from-mons-de-v_voltaire_1766&#038;v=NyHUVd6f9DQ\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bim_eight&#8230;<\/a>)<br \/>\nJean-Jacques Rousseau, &#8220;Various Letters from JJ Rousseau&#8221; 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