Emile was considered by Jean-Jacques Rousseau to be the best and most important of all his writings. On its first appearance in 1762 it was publicly burned. This is the complete work in a revised edition. Emile is a treatise on the nature of education but also on the nature of man, dealing with fundamental political and philosophical questions.
Emile was considered by Jean-Jacques Rousseau to be the best and most important of all his writings. On its first appearance in 1762 it was publicly burned. This is the complete work in a revised edition. Emile is a treatise on the nature of education but also on the nature of man, dealing with fundamental political and philosophical questions.