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On the causes that have hitherto retarded the progress of morality
Subjects:
Conduct of life ,
Politics and government
Forms: Article in periodical
Translation Status:
Partial ,
Retranslation
English
Norwich
URL
Authors of source text
Claude-Adrien Helvétius
Contributions
Anonymous (242)
translator
Related resources
is translation of
De l'esprit
has translation
is part of
The Cabinet. By a Society of Gentlemen
Notes
The Cabinet , vol. 3, p. 121-128. Partial (re)translation from Helvétius' De l'Esprit on the political conditions for moral behaviour. An earlier translation from 1759 existed.