Constant de Rebecque, Benjamin
bijnaam Benjamin Contant

1767-1830

Politiek filosoof / schrijver

Geliefde van Madame de Staël.

Er was veel ophef over zijn roman 'Adolphe', zijn half-autobiografische en schandaleuse roman.
Citaat: "Whenever there is no absolute necessity, whenever legislation may fail to intervene without society being overthrown, whenever, finally it is a question merely of some hypothetical improvement, the law must abstain, leave things alone, and keep quiet."