In order to moderate my pace, I bethought myself of taking a book with me. One day I took the Mercure de… — Jean Jacques Rousseau

In order to moderate my pace, I bethought myself of taking a book with me. One day I took the Mercure de France, and, while reading as I walked, I came upon the subject proposed by the Academy of Dijon as a prize essay for the following year: ‘Has the progress of the arts and sciences contributed more to the corruption or purification of morals?’

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