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A 6 page paper which examines how art and science has an
effect on mankind as seen through Rousseau's "The First Discourse" and Nietzsche's "The
Use and Abuse of History." No additional sources cited.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
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in the sciences and arts has, according to many of these minds, led us on a path of destruction where sciences and arts control us and dictate our lives through
their historical definitions. In essence, we begin to put rules and stipulations upon sciences and arts which inadvertently take us further away from our true nature as human beings. Tow
men who argued aspects of this reality are Rousseau and Nietzsche. In the following paper we examine their perspectives, separately, based on particular works of theirs. The paper then presents
a brief comparison and contrast of the two perspectives. The works discussed are Rousseaus "The First Discourse" and Nietzsches "The Use and Abuse of History." Rousseau Rousseau
was a man who argued vehemently for the savage man, the simple man who lived in harmony with life and nature. In one of his very first discourses he addresses
a group of intellectuals, so to speak, and approaches them with his opinions concerning the sciences and the arts. Subtly enough, he introduces his topic and his discourse to the
crowd stating, "How can I dare to blame the sciences before one of Europes most learned societies, praise ignorance in a famous Academy, and reconcile contempt for study with respect
for the truly learned?" (NA). In many ways we can see a certain amount of humility, but also a certain level of sarcasm for Rousseau surely had some powerful opinions
concerning this topic. Perhaps in this manner he was merely ensuring that the audience was open to his following arguments. Rousseau discusses many aspects of the sciences and arts
in his time period, arguing such as "Before art had fashioned our manners and taught our passions to speak an affected language, our mores were rustic but natural, and differences
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