Book II of this work begins with a reference to Valerius Maximus, and goes on to praise the Abbe de Condillac and Cato in its discussion of maturity and the philosophical spirit.
Book II of this work begins with a reference to Valerius Maximus, and goes on to praise the Abbe de Condillac and Cato in its discussion of maturity and the philosophical spirit. In the preface, the author describes the work as being too large for what it contains but too small for the matter with which it deals. A certain "pedantic mania" annoys that author, who later suggests that Robinson Crusoe is superior to Aristotle, and that "shuttle-cock is a game for women." He says that John Locke is wise but questions his idea on liberality, and dedicates the fifth and final book almost entirely to the considerations of Sophie, drawing criticisms of misogyny from Mary Wollstonecraft and like-minded feminists. FTP, name this "treatise on education" written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Book II of this work begins with a reference to Valerius Maximus, and goes on to praise the Abbe de Condillac and Cato in its discussion of maturity and the philosophical spirit.
{Emile} (accept Treatise on Education or “L’education”)