Discurso sobre las ciencias y las artes - Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts, originally titled: "Discourse which won the prize of the Dijon Academy in 1750 on the question proposed by the Academy itself: Whether the restoration of the sciences and the arts has contributed to the improvement of morals." It is a harsh critique of the progressive stance that reflected the spirit of the times during the Enlightenment. Here's a link to Steven Johnson's talk:    • Where good ideas come from | Steven Johnson   Content: 00:00 Intro 00:53 Context of the work 07:52 Structure of the text 08:40 Preface 09:11 Introduction 09:55 The restoration of the sciences and the arts 12:48 Body-spirit dichotomy 13:28 Virtues-talent dichotomy 16:18 Historical argument 19:02 Socrates and truth 21:10 The origin of the sciences and the arts 21:38 The object of the sciences and the arts 22:26 Against truth 23:35 The product of the sciences and the arts 25:40 The problem of education in sciences and the arts 27:00 Apology for the Academies 27:29 Call into action 28:12 Closing Music: https://www.purple-planet.com