Las óperas de Rameau empezaban a meter ruido y dieron a conocer sus obras teóricas, que, habiendo permanecido ignoradas, poseían muy pocos. Por casualidad oí hablar de su Tratado de la armonía,

Our gardens are decorated with statues and our galleries with paintings. What do you think these artistic masterpieces on show for public admiration represent? The defenders of our country? Or those even greater men who have enriched it with their virtues? No. They are images of all the errors of the heart and mind, carefully derived from ancient mythology, and presented to our children's curiosity at a young age, no doubt so that they may have right before their eyes models of bad actions even before they know how to read.

Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society's fault.