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Emile: The 1762 Philosophical Treatise on Education (Annotated)
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About Emile: The 1762 Philosophical Treatise On Education
Unique Elements Historical context Detailed 18th century analysis About Emile “All wickedness comes from weakness. The child is wicked only because he is weak. Make him strong; he will be good. He who could do everything would never do harm.” Emile is a treatise by Swiss-born philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, first published in 1762. This edition features a translation in English by Barbara Foxley, published in 1911. Written on the subject of education, this work introduces concepts that had a substantial influence on the development of the field during the 18th century, serving as inspiration for a new national education system during the French Revolution. Here Rousseau presents, through a fictional account of a boy named Emile, an ideal model of personalised one-to-one tutoring from youth through to adulthood, placing himself in the role of mentor. Here he reasserts his central thesis that humans are innately good, but fall prey to the corruptive influence of civilization.
