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Excerpt from Rousseau: And Education According to Nature
IN my volume on aristotle in this series, I tried to give an account of ancient, classical, and social Education; in the present volume I have endeavored to set forth the nature of modern, romantic, and unsocial Education. This education originates with Rousseau.
With much reluctance I have been obliged to dwell, at considerable length, on the facts of his life, in order to show that his glittering structure rests, not upon any broad and firm foundation of well-generalized and well-sifted experience, but upon the private tastes and preferences of an exceptionally capricious and self centred nature. His Emile is simply his selfish and unsocial self, forcibly withheld, by an external Provi dence, in the shape of an impossible tutor, from those aberrations which led that self into the dark forest of misery. If my estimate of Rousseau''s value as an educator proves disappointing to those who believe in his doctrines, I can only say, in excuse, that I am more disappointed than they are.
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IN my volume on aristotle in this series, I tried to give an account of ancient, classical, and social Education; in the present volume I have endeavored to set forth the nature of modern, romantic, and unsocial Education. This education originates with Rousseau.
With much reluctance I have been obliged to dwell, at considerable length, on the facts of his life, in order to show that his glittering structure rests, not upon any broad and firm foundation of well-generalized and well-sifted experience, but upon the private tastes and preferences of an exceptionally capricious and self centred nature. His Emile is simply his selfish and unsocial self, forcibly withheld, by an external Provi dence, in the shape of an impossible tutor, from those aberrations which led that self into the dark forest of misery. If my estimate of Rousseau''s value as an educator proves disappointing to those who believe in his doctrines, I can only say, in excuse, that I am more disappointed than they are.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Thomas Davidson
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ISBN - 9780266169260
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Page Count - 266
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Thomas Davidson
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ISBN - 9781330846575
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 268
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