Q0338
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A verified English rendering from the curated archive.
English
Conscience! Conscience! divine instinct, immortal and heavenly voice.
Source context
This English passage is associated with Émile IV, within the tradition of Social contract theory. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.
A short reading
Read in the register of conscience, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Jean-Jacques Rousseau's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?
How to cite this quotation
APA: Jean-Jacques Rousseau. (n.d.). Conscience! Conscience! divine instinct, immortal and heavenly voice. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0338
MLA: Jean-Jacques Rousseau. “Conscience! Conscience! divine instinct, immortal and heavenly voice..” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0338.
Chicago: Jean-Jacques Rousseau. “Conscience! Conscience! divine instinct, immortal and heavenly voice..” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0338.