In his pioneering treatise on education the great French philosopher presented concepts that had a significant influence on the development of pedagogy, and yet many of his ideas still sound radical today. Written in reaction to the stultifying system of rote learning and memorisation prevalent throughout Europe in Rousseau’s time, “Emile” is a utopian vision of child-centred education, full of the sentiments of Romanticism, which Rousseau himself inspired…. More >>
While the translation is readable, this book is missing sizable chunks of the original text, which is entirely unforgivable. The entire discourse on private property through beans is missing, as well as a discussion on the Savoyard Vicar. This is hardly suitable for either a general reading or deep study, I suggest the Bloom translation instead.
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