Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind / Braille

A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

128,067 braille cells · 134 embossed pages at 40×25 · 34 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠀⠕⠃⠚⠑⠉⠞⠂⠀⠯⠀⠱⠁⠞⠀⠐⠗⠀⠓⠀⠽⠀⠞⠕⠀⠑⠭⠏⠑⠉⠞⠀⠏⠁⠽⠍⠢⠞⠀⠀
⠁⠞⠀⠕⠥⠗⠀⠑⠭⠏⠢⠎⠑⠀⠿⠀⠙⠕⠬⠀⠞⠀⠺⠑⠀⠙⠊⠙⠀⠝⠀⠕⠃⠇⠊⠛⠑⠀⠽⠀
⠞⠕⠀⠙⠦⠀⠠⠙⠕⠝⠄⠞⠀⠽⠀⠀⠐⠅⠀⠞⠀⠝⠥⠍⠃⠻⠎⠀⠷⠀⠽⠳⠗⠀⠃⠗⠑⠹⠗⠢
⠀⠏⠻⠊⠩⠂⠀⠕⠗⠀⠎⠥⠋⠋⠻⠀⠛⠗⠊⠑⠧⠳⠎⠇⠽⠀⠿⠀⠀⠺⠁⠝⠞⠀⠷⠀⠱⠁⠞⠀
⠽⠀⠏⠕⠎⠎⠑⠎⠎⠀⠍⠀⠹⠁⠝⠀⠎⠥⠋⠋⠊⠉⠑⠎⠀⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠂⠀⠯⠀⠞⠀⠽⠀⠀
⠩⠳⠇⠙⠀⠓⠀⠸⠓⠀⠮⠀⠑⠭⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠀⠯⠀⠥⠝⠁⠝⠊⠍⠳⠎⠀⠉⠕⠝⠎⠢⠞⠀⠷⠀
⠍⠁⠝⠅⠔⠙⠀⠞⠕⠀⠀⠁⠏⠏⠗⠕⠏⠗⠊⠁⠞⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠽⠳⠗⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠷⠀⠸⠮⠀
⠉⠕⠍⠍⠕⠝⠂⠀⠍⠀⠹⠁⠝⠀⠴⠀⠗⠑⠟⠥⠊⠎⠊⠞⠑⠀⠿⠀⠀⠽⠳⠗⠀⠏⠗⠊⠧⠁⠞⠑
⠀⠎⠥⠃⠎⠊⠌⠢⠉⠑⠦⠀⠠⠙⠑⠌⠊⠞⠥⠞⠑⠀⠷⠀⠎⠕⠇⠊⠙⠀⠗⠑⠁⠎⠕⠝⠎⠀⠞⠕
⠀⠚⠥⠌⠊⠋⠽⠂⠀⠯⠀⠀⠎⠥⠋⠋⠊⠉⠊⠢⠞⠀⠿⠉⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠙⠑⠋⠢⠙⠀
⠓⠊⠍⠎⠑⠇⠋⠆⠀⠉⠗⠥⠩⠬⠀⠊⠝⠙⠊⠧⠊⠙⠥⠁⠇⠎⠀⠾⠀⠑⠁⠎⠑⠂⠀⠀⠃⠀⠾⠀
⠑⠟⠥⠁⠇⠀⠑⠁⠎⠑⠀⠉⠗⠥⠩⠫⠀⠃⠽⠀⠝⠥⠍⠃⠻⠎⠆⠀⠐⠕⠀⠁⠛⠁⠔⠌⠀
⠁⠇⠇⠂⠀⠯⠀⠥⠝⠁⠃⠇⠑⠂⠀⠀⠕⠝⠀⠁⠉⠉⠳⠝⠞⠀⠷⠀⠍⠥⠞⠥⠁⠇⠀
⠚⠑⠁⠇⠳⠎⠊⠑⠎⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠥⠝⠊⠞⠑⠀⠾⠀⠦⠀⠑⠟⠥⠁⠇⠎⠀⠁⠛⠁⠔⠌⠀⠀
⠃⠯⠊⠞⠞⠊⠀⠥⠝⠊⠞⠫⠀⠃⠽⠀⠮⠀⠉⠕⠍⠍⠕⠝⠀⠓⠕⠏⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀
⠏⠊⠇⠇⠁⠛⠑⠆⠀⠮⠀⠗⠊⠡⠀⠍⠁⠝⠂⠀⠹⠥⠎⠀⠀⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠫⠀⠃⠽⠀
⠝⠑⠉⠑⠎⠎⠊⠞⠽⠂⠀⠁⠞⠀⠇⠁⠌⠀⠉⠕⠝⠉⠑⠊⠧⠫⠀⠮⠀⠙⠑⠑⠏⠑⠌⠀
⠏⠗⠕⠚⠑⠉⠞⠀⠞⠀⠑⠧⠻⠀⠀⠑⠝⠞⠻⠫⠀⠮⠀⠓⠥⠍⠁⠝⠀⠍⠔⠙⠒⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠴⠀
⠞⠕⠀⠑⠍⠏⠇⠕⠽⠀⠔⠀⠦⠀⠋⠁⠧⠳⠗⠀⠮⠀⠧⠀⠀⠿⠉⠑⠎⠀⠞⠀⠁⠞⠞⠁⠉⠅⠫⠀
⠓⠊⠍⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠍⠁⠅⠑⠀⠁⠇⠇⠊⠑⠎⠀⠷⠀⠦⠀⠑⠝⠑⠍⠊⠑⠎⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀
⠊⠝⠎⠏⠊⠗⠑⠀⠀⠮⠍⠀⠾⠀⠕⠮⠗⠀⠍⠁⠭⠊⠍⠎⠂⠀⠯⠀⠍⠁⠅⠑⠀⠮⠍⠀
⠁⠙⠕⠏⠞⠀⠕⠮⠗⠀⠊⠝⠌⠊⠞⠥⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠵⠀⠀⠋⠁⠧⠳⠗⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠦⠀
⠏⠗⠑⠞⠢⠎⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠵⠀⠮⠀⠇⠁⠺⠀⠷⠀⠝⠁⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠴⠀
⠥⠝⠋⠁⠧⠳⠗⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠀⠞⠕⠀⠮⠍⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠾⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠧⠊⠑⠺⠂⠀⠁⠋⠞⠻
⠀⠇⠁⠽⠬⠀⠃⠑⠿⠑⠀⠦⠀⠝⠑⠊⠛⠓⠃⠳⠗⠎⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠮⠀⠓⠕⠗⠗⠕⠗⠎⠀⠷⠀⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.