Title: Emile or Education
Description: Rousseau wrote about the difficulty of being a good individual within an inherently corrupting collectivity: society. Emile deals specifically with education, and outlines a system which would allow for human goodness. He uses the fictional story of Emile and his tutor to outline his ideas. The book was banned and publicly burned on its publication, but became a European bestseller and provided a basis for new education systems.
Subjects: Education, Early works to 1800, Education, early works to 1800, Collections, Philosophy, Classic Literature, Essays, Fiction, Nonfiction, Éducation, Ouvrages avant 1800, ÂEducation, Philosophy, french, Periodicals, History, Education--early works to 1800, Lb512 .e5 1979
People: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Time periods: Early works to 1800, Ouvrages avant 1800