About “Discourse on the Arts and Sciences”
This text presents the first and second discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The first discourse, titled "Discourse on the Arts and Sciences," responds to a question from the Academy of Dijon: "Has the restoration of the science and arts tended to purify morals?" It is divided into two parts. The first part argues that as arts and sciences have advanced, human morals have deteriorated. The second part examines science and arts to explore the conflict between virtue and enlightenment. The text is incomplete.
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- 1990 · ISBN 0061320838
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| Cover | Edition | Year | ISBN | |
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 | The first and second discourses | 1990 | 0061320838 | Buy on Amazon |
| | The first and second discourses. | 1964 | — | Buy on Amazon |