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Progress: Progress is the forward movement towards a desired goal. It can be measured through technological advancement, social change, or personal development. See also Process, Change, Measurements, Learning, Stages of development.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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J.-J. Rousseau on Progress - Dictionary of Arguments

Höffe I 270
Progress/Rousseau/Höffe: Rousseau neither denies the enormous progress of science nor its contribution to work facilitation, material prosperity and life extension. For the well-being of the peoples, however, the morals are ultimately at stake, and for them scientific progress proves to be perishable simply because of its specialization.
In his First Treatise(1), Rousseau emphasizes the consequential burdens of progress and, in a "negative optimism of progress" approaching a secularized version of the biblical fall: "Luxury, debauchery and slavery are the punishment for the ambitious efforts that were to lead us out of the happy ignorance into which eternal wisdom had directed us”.
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1. Rousseau, Premier Discours sur les sciences et les arts, 1750

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Rousseau I
J. J. Rousseau
Les Confessions, 1765-1770, publ. 1782-1789
German Edition:
The Confessions 1953

Höffe I
Otfried Höffe
Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016


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