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Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts — A Student’s Guide

An accessible introduction to Rousseau’s 1750 argument that advances in science, literature, and the arts do not necessarily improve human morality. Explores virtue, manners, luxury, vanity, and the meaning of progress, with reading questions and a contemporary comparison activity.

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