Book · 1762 · Nonfiction

Emile, Or On Education

Name: Emile, Or On Education
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Basic Books (Hachette) · 501 pages

★ 7.2 editorial score

Raising an imaginary boy from infancy to marriage, Rousseau insists children learn from things rather than books and should not be reasoned with too early. Our whole picture of childhood descends from it.

Genre

Philosophy

Subject

Human nature Education Individual vs. society

Time

1762Depicts Age of Enlightenment

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