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The French philosopher Rousseau wrote that "cities are the sink of the human race." But not all cities are the same.
Q. What does the sink of the human race mean? full of various people?
The French philosopher Rousseau wrote that "cities are the sink of the human race." But not all cities are the same.
Q. What does the sink of the human race mean? full of various people?
Q. What does the sink of the human race mean? full of various people?
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A better translation is this:
Cities are the ABYSS of the human race.”
Sink isn’t quite the right word.
le gouffre = ABYSS = a bottomless pit like Hell
He is saying that Cities are hellish places for people, where there is crime and suffering.
It is a highly negative ( to put it lightly!) view of cities.
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