AUDIO BOOK

Emile or Education

(1762)

The first four books describe the ideal upbringing of a fictional young boy, Émile, and are ordered chronologically, tackling, step by step, the educational issues that emerge as he grows up. The last book deals with "education", or rather the lack of education of girls (cf.  conference by Martin Rueff “educating girls”  ) from another fictional example: Sophie, raised and educated to be Emile's wife. Parallel to the strictly pedagogical theories, Émile  includes the famous Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar (Book IV), which provides valuable insights into Rousseau's religious ideas. She wanted to be a model as to how to introduce young people to religious matters. *