PHIL4406 Lecture : Rousseau Study.docx
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What is the main idea of discourse on the science and art or first discourse? (elaborate. Rousseau"s answer on the initial question whether the restoration of the sciences and arts has contributed to the purification of morals). Summarize shortly part i and part ii of. What is his position at the end of his discourse? (some hints: art, science, virtues, education, philosophy, nature as our master) Rousseau lived in the era of enlightment, where reason was a blind belief in the power of human reason. In general, people were moving away from religion and the light was reason. Furthermore, the encyclopedia was invented which was an accumulation of knowledge. The peak of enlightment was the french revolution. Rousseau was part of the enlightment at the beginning but started moving away. There was a common belief that they did. Therefore they did a competition and rousseau wrote his approach in this paper. He submitted the article, won, and became famous.
