Rousseau's Prophecy VS Burke's Prophecy:


Rousseau in his book Social Contract(1762) says, " I have some presentiment that this small island (Corsica) will one day astonish Europe."
And we find that Napoleon, a Corsican. did astonished Europe.


Burke in his book 'Reflections on the Revolution in France(1790)' says, "In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery...shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself.Armies will obey him...."

Now Rousseau's words were just a lucky hit but Burke analysis was proved correct by Napoleon's rise to power. Burke wrote these prophetic words almost a decade before the rise of Napoleon to power. And just look how accurate he was. This also proves another thing for us; when there is no single strong authority and there is chaos, the first need is to establish some order and people will support any person whom they think CAN ESTABLISH ORDER.

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