Directions: Identify the author who uttered the following sentence:

"Man is born free but is everywhere in chain".

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TNPSC Group 4 General English Official Paper 3 (Held On : 2016)
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  1. Rabindranath Tagore
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. Berton Braley
  4. Jean Jacques Rousseau

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4 : Jean Jacques Rousseau
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The correct answer is 'Jean Jacques Rousseau.'

Key Points

  • The given lines are from Jean Jacque Rousseau's Political Philosophy.
  • Jean Jacque Rousseau believes that “man is born free but is everywhere in chain” and consequently, there is the need to sustain human freedom.
  • There are two ways of sustaining human freedom for Rousseau- a political arrangement and through a project of child development and education.
  • Therefore, we can say that Jean Jacques Rousseau is the author who uttered "Man is born free but is everywhere in chain".
     

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

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