This book explains its view that knowledge about material existence and God is inherently uncertain and that one comes to God through observation through one's natural role in existence through the character of a priest.
Building on an earlier tract by its author, this book explains that disregard for others may arise from an excessive amount of "love of self" that originates through puberty and the process of sexual competition. This book explains its view that knowledge about material existence and God is inherently uncertain and that one comes to God through observation through one's natural role in existence through the character of a priest. This book's argument that men only depend on women on account of their desires is attacked in (*) A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft. Though it does recommend a tutor, this book was the one of the first to advocate "negative education" by which a child is not strictly constrained by authority, instead free to learn by self-discovery. For 10 points, name this work outlining the ideal education of a boy by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Building on an earlier tract by its author, this book explains that disregard for others may arise from an excessive amount of "love of self" that originates through puberty and the process of sexual competition.
Émile, or Treatise on Education