Emile - Softcover

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1512156531 ISBN 13: 9781512156539

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

This collection of scattered thoughts and observations has little order or continuity; it was begun to give pleasure to a good mother who thinks for herself. My first idea was to write a tract a few pages long, but I was carried away by my subject, and before I knew what I was doing my tract had become a kind of book, too large indeed for the matter contained in it, but too small for the subject of which it treats. For a long time I hesitated whether to publish it or not, and I have often felt, when at work upon it, that it is one thing to publish a few pamphlets and another to write a book.

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About the Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism of French expression. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1512156531
• ISBN 13: 9781512156539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180