Emile, or On Education
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Emile, or On Education
| Author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
|---|---|
| Published | 1762 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Rousseau’s education of a single boy from infancy to marriage — the book he thought his best, and the ancestor of most romantic theories of childhood. |
Where I heard about it
- Peter Savodnik (@petersavodnik) — an April 2026 post on X: “Read everything you can find by Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. To start.” This card is one of the twelve volumes that canon reduces to.
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List, March 2026, in the section on Pursuing the Good Life: Ethics and Personal Growth, listed as “Emile, Rousseau/Bloom” — Allan Bloom translated the standard English edition.
Connections
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau — from the same canon list.
- Education — from the same canon list.
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — a second, independent recommendation: McCord lists Emile under Pursuing the Good Life: Ethics and Personal Growth.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.