Summary
Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Debate on Luxury
"Precious things, the grace of earth and waves, the inhabitants of earth and air - everything serves luxury, the pleasures of this world. Oh, how happy is the Iron Age! Surplus, a very necessary thing, unites one hemisphere and the other." "Are not all the benefits of society for the powerful and the rich? Are not all the lucrative jobs in their hands? Are not all favors and all exemptions reserved for them'"
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