Emile : or On education
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-17781991
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In his pioneering treatise on education, the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau presents concepts that had influence on the development of pedagogy in the eighteenth century. Here, Rousseau asserts his main thesis that human beings are by nature good; it is only the distorting influences of civilization that have corrupted them.
Main title:
Emile : or On education / Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; introduction,translation and notes by Allan Bloom.
Imprint:
Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1991,c1979.
Collation:
ix,501p. : ill ; 20cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: S.l. : Basic books,1979.Translation of Emile
ISBN:
9780140445633 (pbk)0140445633 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.91843.5370.1194
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
2080800
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