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Can I read Emile or Education on EtoBox?
Emile or Education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Barbara Foxley, William Harold Wayne is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Emile or Education about?
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.
Who reads Emile or Education?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Barbara Foxley, William Harold Wayne
- Publisher
- Kessinger Publishing; Kessinger Publishing, LLC
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781419117688
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Fiction, Philosophy, Education
- Rating
- 3.61 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Émile. Translated by Barbara Foxley: Introduction by P.D. Jimack (1974)
- Emile or Education (2007)
- Emile - Rousseau (Everyman's Library) (1974)
- Emile : or, On education (1979)
- Emile Ou de L'éducation (2009)
- Emile Ou de L Education (2010)
- Emile Ou de L'Eeducation (1966)
- Emile Ou de L Education (2009)
- Emile;: Ou, De L'éducation (bibliothèque Bordas) (1973)
- Émile, ou de l'éducation (2009)
- Emile: Extraits (Petits Classiques Larousse) (2006)
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