Discourse on the sciences and arts : (first discourse) and polemics = Discours sur les sciences et les arts. English / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; edited by Roger D. Masters and Christopher Kelly ; translated by Judith R. Bush, Roger D. Masters, and Christopher Kelly

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778); Masters, Roger D. (ed.); Kelly, Christopher (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0874515807 / ISBN 13: 9780874515800

Published by Hanover : Published by University Press of New England [for] Dartmouth College, 1992

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Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxvi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Translation of: Discours sur les sciences et les arts; Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-224) and index. Contents: Discourse on the sciences and arts (first discourse) -- Observations on the Discourse / Abbe Raynal -- Letter to M. the Abbe Raynal / J.-J. Rousseau -- Reply to the Discourse -- by the king of Poland / King Stanislaus -- Observations by Jean-Jacques Rousseau of Geneva / J.-J. Rousseau -- Refutation of the Observations / Lecat -- Refutation -- by Mr. Gautier / Gautier -- Letter -- to Mr. Grimm / J.-J. Rousseau -- Discourse on the advantages of the sciences and arts / Charles Bordes -- Final reply / J.J. Rousseau -- Refutation -- by an academician of Dijon / Lecat -- Letter by Jean-Jacques Rousseau [to Lecat] / J.-J. Rousseau -- Disclaimer of the Dijon Academy / Petit -- Preface to a second letter to Bordes / J.-J. Rousseau -- Preface to Narcissus : or the lover of himself / J.-J. Rousseau. Subjects: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 Translations into English; Civilization; Arts; Science. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discourse on the sciences and arts : (first discourse) and polemics = Discours sur les sciences et les arts. English / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; edited by Roger D. Masters and Christopher Kelly ; translated by Judith R. Bush, Roger D. Masters, and Christopher Kelly
• Publisher: Hanover : Published by University Press of New England [for] Dartmouth College
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874515807
• ISBN 13: 9780874515800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis

Contains the entire First Discourse, contemporary attacks on it, Rousseau’s replies to his critics, and his summary of the debate in his preface to Narcissus. A number of these texts have never before been available in English. The First Discourse and Polemics demonstrate the continued relevance of Rousseau’s thought. Whereas his critics argue for correction of the excesses and corruptions of knowledge and the sciences as sufficient, Rousseau attacks the social and political effects of the dominant forms of scientific knowledge.

About the Authors

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) was a leading Genevan philosopher and political theorist and one of the key figures of the Enlightenment.


Christopher Kelly is a professor of political science at Boston College. He is the author of Rousseau’s Exemplary Life and coeditor of The Collected Writings of Rousseau.