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Let them eat cake
He also believed that the society had a duty toward the poor, to care for them, and to look after them, but interestingly he dumped all 19 of his own illegitimate children in charitable institutions, some of them Roman Catholic and expected them to take care of them.
He also believed that the society had a duty toward the poor, to care for them, and to look after them, but interestingly he dumped all 19 of his own illegitimate children in charitable institutions, some of them Roman Catholic and expected them to take care of them.
Rousseau is believed to be the first to use the phrase ''Let them eat cake'', in book IV of his ''Confessions''.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/demystified/did-marie-antoinette-really-say-let-them-eat-cake Did Marie-Antoinette Really Say “Let Them Eat Cake”?]</ref>
==Influence==
==Influence==
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Humanism#Secular Humanism|Secular Humanism]]
* [[Humanism#Secular Humanism|Secular Humanism]]
* [[Marie Antoinette]]
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==