EmileBasic Books, 28 juin 1979 - 501 pages Alan Bloom's new translation of Emile, Rousseau's masterpiece on the education and training of the young, is the first in more than seventy years. In it, Bloom, whose magnificent translation of Plato's Republic has been universally hailed as a virtual rediscovery of that timeless text, again brings together the translator's gift for journeying between two languages and cultures and the philosopher's perception of the true meaning and significance of the issues being examined in the work. The result is a clear, readable, and highly engrossing text that at the same time offers a wholly new sense of the importance and relevance of Rousseau's thought to us. In addition to his translation, Bloom provides a brilliant introduction that relates the structure and themes of the book to the vital preoccupation's of our own age, particularly in the field of education, but also more generally to the current concerns about the limits and possibilities of human nature. Thus in this translation Emile, long a classic in the history of Western thought and educational theory, becomes something more: a prescription, fresh and dazzling, for the bringing up of autonomous, responsible--that is, truly democratic--human beings. |
Table des matières
Introduction | 3 |
Note | 29 |
Explanation of the Illustrations | 36 |
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able age of reason Alcinous amour de soi amour-propre become begin believe body cause child childhood chimera dare deceived Descartes desires Diogenes Laertius duties earth effect Emile Emile's everything eyes father fear feel follow force girl give hand happiness harpsichord heart Herodotus honor human ideas imagination instruction judge judgment laws leave less lessons live longer Lycurgus maladroit man's marriage master means ment mind Montaigne morals mother nature never nurse objects oneself opinion ourselves pain passions Plato pleasure Plutarch prejudices present preserve pupil reason relations Robinson Crusoe Rousseau seek sensations sense sentiment Social Contract society Socrates soon Sophie Sophie's sophisms soul Sparta speak strength sure taste teach Telemachus things Thrasybulus tion true truth turn understand vanity virtue whole woman women word young