Emilio

زنى از اشراف پاريس از ژان ژاك روسو راجع به راه درست تربيت كودك پرسيد. روسو نخست قرار بوده نامه اى كوتاه در پاسخ بنويسد، اما هر چه بيشتر به نوشتن ادامه داد به اهميت موضوع بيشتر پى برد، تا بالاخره كتاب درخشان چهارصد صفحه اى "اميل" را نگاشت، كه مبناى برخى تحولات اساسى در نظام آموزش و پرورش فرانسه و ديگ Leggi tutto

I read this book as research for a writing project of my own. Once finished, I had no idea how I ought to rate it. There is some brilliant writing here, and I highlighted a lot of eminently quotable passages. Certainly I can understand why the French adore some of Rousseau's ideas about education. B Leggi tutto

If all the philosophers in the world should prove that I am wrong, and you feel that I am right, that is all I ask. My reaction to Rousseau is very similar to my reaction to Thoreau, whose back-to-nature ethic owed much to Rousseau’s philosophy. Though constantly impressed with the breadth of the

this book is difficult to understand and hence easy to dismiss. many of the other reviews bear witness to this in the most immediate way. emile is not an instructional manual on how to educate a child, nor is it a misogynistic tract that insists on the inferiority of women. these suggestions fail to Leggi tutto

Rousseau writes about his view of education from infancy through marriage for his one pupil. It's a lot. It's the soup we live in. I listened to Emile because I wanted to go fast and not be lulled by his arguments - I wanted to know his general arguments and ideas. From time to time, I was surprised Leggi tutto

Çok ilginç bir insan bu Rousseau! Öyle cevherler var ki bu kitapta, insan şaşırmadan edemiyor, 1750’lerde bunu nasıl söylemiş diye. Modern pedagojinin yeni kavramlarını o günlerde tanımlamış bile. Tanımlamış ama gel gör ki kadın meselesinde ileri görüşlülüğü sona eriyor. Bu yüzden 5. Bölümü biraz at Leggi tutto

Please read the last chapter first. If you can accept Rousseau at his most offensive, then maybe you should continue with the rest of the book. Personally, I'm enough of a feminist that I cannot stand this work. I have heard too much praise for this work by so many who haven't finished it (i.e. read Leggi tutto