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Emile: On Education

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1763

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Who are the better educators of children, the urban rich or the country poor, and why? 

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Why is nature a better teacher than book learning?

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Rousseau believes a woman should be trained to be subservient to her husband in such a way that she ends up running the household. How does this come about?

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