Name: Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts 1942 Turkish Book Turkey
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts 1942 Turkish Book Turkey

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts (İlimler ve Sanatlar Hakkında Nutuk) – Hilmi Kitabevi Turkish First Edition (1942)

Description:

This Turkish first edition of Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts (İlimler ve Sanatlar Hakkında Nutuk) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau was published by Hilmi Kitabevi in 1942. Printed in Turkish, the work is Rousseau's first major philosophical essay and the publication that established his reputation as one of the leading thinkers of the Enlightenment.

Originally published in 1750, the essay argues that the advancement of the sciences and the arts does not necessarily improve human morality. Rousseau contends that while civilization has brought intellectual and artistic achievements, it has also encouraged vanity, inequality, luxury, and moral decline by distancing humanity from its natural virtues.

Themes such as morality, civilization, virtue, education, freedom, and the relationship between culture and society appear throughout the work. As Rousseau's prize-winning discourse for the Academy of Dijon, it laid the intellectual foundations for many of his later philosophical writings, including Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract.

Key Features:

• Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Original Title: Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts

• Turkish Title: İlimler ve Sanatlar Hakkında Nutuk

• Publisher: Hilmi Kitabevi

• Publication Date: 1942

• Edition: First Turkish Edition

• Language: Turkish

• Format: Paperback

• Genre: Philosophy; Political Philosophy; Classical Studies

• Subject: The relationship between civilization, science, art, and morality

• Literary Content: Classical philosophical essay; Moral philosophy; Social criticism