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 July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UJ7H3KUWPUQ6E46.
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 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UJ7H3KUWPUQ6E46.
Harvard: Rousseau, J, 'Title Description' in A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, trans. . Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UJ7H3KUWPUQ6E46.