Dijon Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters

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The Dijon Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is an 18th-century learned society in Dijon, France, known for sponsoring influential intellectual competitions, including the one that prompted Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s "Discourse on the Arts and Sciences."

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instanceOf academy of sciences ⓘ
learned society ⓘ
associatedWith Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
country France ⓘ
fieldOfWork arts ⓘ
humanities ⓘ
literature ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
science ⓘ
social thought ⓘ
foundedInPeriod 18th century ⓘ
hasAudience intellectuals ⓘ
local learned public ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
hasPart section of arts ⓘ
section of letters ⓘ
section of sciences ⓘ
hasPurpose encouragement of public debate ⓘ
promotion of arts ⓘ
promotion of literature ⓘ
promotion of scientific knowledge ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
inception 18th century ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment intellectual life in France ⓘ
debates on the value of arts and sciences ⓘ
knownFor hosting prize essay contests on arts and sciences ⓘ
role in Enlightenment debates ⓘ
sponsoring influential intellectual competitions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
locatedIn Bourgogne-Franche-Comté ⓘ
Burgundy ⓘ
Dijon ⓘ
eastern France ⓘ
notableCompetition competition that prompted Rousseau’s "Discourse on the Arts and Sciences" ⓘ
operatesIn Dijon metropolitan area ⓘ
organizes public competitions ⓘ
public lectures ⓘ
partOf French learned societies network ⓘ
posedQuestion Whether the restoration of the sciences and arts has contributed to the purification of morals ⓘ
regionServed Burgundy region ⓘ
Dijon ⓘ
sponsors essay prize contests ⓘ
intellectual competitions ⓘ
typeOfMembership corresponding members ⓘ
learned members ⓘ

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Discourse on the Arts and Sciences → placeOfPresentation → Dijon Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters ⓘ
Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men → commissioningBody → Académie de Dijon ⓘ
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Academy of Dijon prize competition → organizer → Académie de Dijon ⓘ
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Second Discourse → commissionedBy → Academy of Dijon ⓘ
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Guyton de Morveau → memberOf → Académie de Dijon ⓘ
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Alexis Piron → memberOf → Académie de Dijon ⓘ
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First Discourse → commissionedBy → Academy of Dijon ⓘ
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