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Name: A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences - Title Description
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A DISCOURSE

WHICH WON THE PRIZE AT THE ACADEMY

OF DIJON IN 1750, ON THIS QUESTION

PROPOSED BY THE ACADEMY:

HAS THE RESTORATION OF THE ARTS AND

SCIENCES HAD A PURIFYING EFFECT UPON MORALS?

Barbarus hic ego sum, qui non intelligor illis. - OVID.

[Here I am a barbarian, because men understand me not.]

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Chicago: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "Title Description," A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, trans. G. D. H. Cole Original Sources, accessed April 1, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DNVL4PG6PDQGG52.

MLA: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Title Description." A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, translted by G. D. H. Cole, Original Sources. 1 Apr. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DNVL4PG6PDQGG52.

Harvard: Rousseau, J, 'Title Description' in A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, trans. . Original Sources, retrieved 1 April 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DNVL4PG6PDQGG52.