| Title: | Decadence, ruin |
| Original Title: | Decadence, ruine |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 4 (1754), p. 659 |
| Author: | Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert (biography) |
| Translator: | Krystyna Piechura [University of Toronto] |
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| Citation (MLA): | d'Alembert, Jean-Baptiste le Rond. "Decadence, ruin." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Krystyna Piechura. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2004. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.268>. Trans. of "Decadence, ruine," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 4. Paris, 1754. |
| Citation (Chicago): | d'Alembert, Jean-Baptiste le Rond. "Decadence, ruin." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by Krystyna Piechura. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0000.268 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Decadence, ruine," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 4:659 (Paris, 1754). |
Decadence, ruin. These two words differ in that the former prepares the latter that is usually its effect. Example. The decadence of the Roman Empire from Theodosius announced its total ruin . It is also said of the Arts that they fall into decadence and of a house that it falls into ruin.