While discussing Sparta, this book uses the example of Pedaretes, who upon being rejected from the Council of the Three Hundred rejoiced that there were so many Spartans better than him, to describe the concept of citizenship.
While discussing Sparta, this book uses the example of Pedaretes, who upon being rejected from the Council of the Three Hundred rejoiced that there were so many Spartans better than him, to describe the concept of citizenship. One part of this book urges men to be "humane" by rejoicing in the pleasure of every stage of life, as nobody knows when death will come. In another part of this book, shadows are used to determine the position of a kite. The opening sentence of this book notes that everything is good as it leaves the hands of the author of things, but everything degenerates in the hands of man. This book was widely banned because of the advocacy of natural religion in its section "The Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar." At the end of this work, the titular figure marries Sophie, who had been trained to be his wife. For 10 points, name this work in which a boy is raised according to the views of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
While discussing Sparta, this book uses the example of Pedaretes, who upon being rejected from the Council of the Three Hundred rejoiced that there were so many Spartans better than him, to describe the concept of citizenship.
{Emile}: or, On Education [or {On Education}, or {Emile}: ou, {de l’éducation} (either)]