Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Deborah Markus - GoodreadsI read this book as research for a writing project of my own. Once finished, I had no idea how I ought to rate it. There is some brilliant writing here, and I highlighted some eminently quotable ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Trevor - GoodreadsI recently read Durant's The Story of Philosophy. In that he said that it was a pity that philosophy had become quite so obsessed with epistemology (worrying about how we think) rather than ethics ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Sophia - GoodreadsIncredible dissertation by the great philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. "Emile" has some pretty dense ideas about early education and how to properly raise a child so that they are their best adult ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Stuart Macalpine - GoodreadsAt last I have actually read Emile rather than just reading extracts from it. It contains a vast amount of modern educational thinking, and is clearly the root of many of the best modern ideas about ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Patrice - GoodreadsRousseau is a romantic. He admitted that his early readings of romance novels stayed with him all his life. He was also a bit crazy. Hume, his friend, said he was always a bit mad but in old age he ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Lynn - GoodreadsI believe it was good to read Emile or on Education as I am an educator and want to learn more about the history of education. I also think it is important to read a book by Enlightenment philosopher ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Kate - GoodreadsSo, you read this.... and you're going along and you get to a part where you go, "wow, that is brilliant. That just put into words what people have been trying to say for centuries." And they you read ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Dannielle - GoodreadsGreat book and still relevant in my opinion. I think society would be better off if we took his advice and raised our children ourselves instead of sending them off to daycare (or using midwives in ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Tamar7 - GoodreadsA society is composed of citizens. If you want a strong and virtuous society, you must start at ground zero; with the citizen, with the child. This book by Rousseau is, in my mind, his epic ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Emile: Or On Education
Avis d'utilisateur - Hortense - GoodreadsAbsurdly, I am indebted, deeply indebted to this book. It was Rousseau's discussion of the feel of sensitized spaces between the surface of the skin and objects, like walls, when you are blind or have ... Consulter l'avis complet
