An edition of Discours sur les sciences et les arts (1946)

The first and second discourses

together with the replies to critics and Essay on the origin of languages

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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An edition of Discours sur les sciences et les arts (1946)

The first and second discourses

together with the replies to critics and Essay on the origin of languages

1st Torchbook ed. --

by

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  • 2 Ratings
  • 10 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

It contains the first and the second discourse of Rousseau. The first discourse ("Discourse on the Arts and Sciences") is Rosseau's answer to the question posed by the Academy of Dijon Has the restoration of the science and arts tended to purify morals?. It is divided in two main parts. The first part's thesis is that our souls have been corrupted in proportion to the advancement of our arts and sciences to perfection. The second part is an analysis of science and arts in themselves to explain the contradiction between virtues and enlightenment.
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Civilization, Equality, Political science, Natural law., Natural law, Origin, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of Theater, Theater, Translations into German, Language and languages, Égalité (Sociologie), Ongelijkheid, Politique, Droit naturel, Filosofie, Civilisation, Language and languages, origin, Language and languages, philosophy
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)

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The first and second discourses.
1964, St. Martin's Press
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Edition Notes

Translations of: Discours sur les sciences et les arts, Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes, and Essai sur l'origine des langues.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-375) and index.

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Harper torchbooks, Perennial library
Other Titles
Essay on the origin of languages.

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PQ2040D63 E54 1990

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ix, 390 p. :
Number of pages
390

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OL20348308M
ISBN 10
0061320838
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411641
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