Jean Jacques Rousseau was born in 1712 and was considered one of the best writers and philosophers of his time. He was known for his hectic lifestyle of traveling back and forth between Paris and his homeland of Geneva from the age of 16, when he suddenly found himself an orphan. His literary career did not take off until he was in his forties, with essays such as Discours sur les Sciences at les arts and the well-known work of art Emile, ou l’education. In English translation it reads Emile: or, On Education.
Emile was published in the year 1762, and
Although Emile became banned and subsequently burned in both Paris and Geneva as soon as it came out in print, it quickly became a bestseller in Europe. It also helped spawn hope and inspiration for a new and improved type of education when the French Revolution occurred.
The story of Emile is based on a character named Emile and his tutor, so that Rousseau could direct his feelings about how someone could educate the ideal citizen through an abstract character. While Emile is not a parenting guide of any sorts, Rousseau did include his thoughts and ide
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