Emile, or On Education (French: Émile, ou De l’éducation) is a treatise on the nature of education and on the nature of man written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who considered it to be the "best and most …

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When once Emile has said, “It hurts me,” it will take a very sharp pain to make him cry. If the child is delicate and sensitive, if by nature he begins to cry for nothing, I let him cry in vain and soon check …

In Becoming Visible: Women in European History, ed. Renate Bridenthal, Susan Mosher Stuard, and Merry E. Wiesner, 233-260. 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. Rousseau, Jean …

Description Rousseau was the most controversial and paradoxical of the writers of the Enlightenment. Born in Switzerland, he published important works on politics, music, and in Emile, education. He …

Pestalozzi of Zurich, one of the foremost educators of modern times, also found his whole life transformed by the reading of "Emile," which awoke in him the genius of a reformer.

But as to the rules which call for proof, I have applied them to Emile or to others, and I have shown, in very g reat detail, how my theories may be put into practice. Such at least is my plan; the reader …

But as to the rules which call for proof, I have applied them to Emile or to others, and I have shown, in very great detail, how my theories may be put into practice. Such at least is my plan; the reader must …

Overview of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s *Emile, or On Education*, its educational program, key themes of nature and freedom, and its historical impact.

Originally published in 1762, Emile, or On Education, outlined a process of education that would prevent man from being corrupted by society and instead nurture his natural virtues and goodness.