A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences

Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Title: A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences

Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Description: The 1750 prize essay that made Rousseau famous overnight, arguing that progress in the sciences and the arts had corrupted morals instead of improving them. A quick read in G. D. H. Cole's translation.

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