Skip to content

Emile of Jean Jacques Rousseau

Best in textbook rentals since 2012!

ISBN-10: 0807711071

ISBN-13: 9780807711071

Edition: N/A

Authors: William Boyd

List price: $13.00
Blue ribbon 30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!
what's this?
Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:
Carrot Coin icon
XP icon
You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

In the 200 years since its publication in 1762, Rousseau's mile has been the subject of endless controversy. The work was ordered burned in Paris and Geneva within weeks of its appearance; yet it was read passionately throughout Europe. Goethe called it 'the teacher's gospel, ' while Kant maintained that no book had ever moved him so deeply. . . . Within this context it is well, perhaps to note a judgment Professor Boyd himself rendered a half-century ago at the beginning of a long and distinguished career in the field of education. 'I believe . . . that the mile with all its faults is the most profound modern discussion of the fundamentals of education, the only modern work of the kind…    
Customers also bought

Book details

List price: $13.00
Publisher: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 167
Size: 4.50" wide x 7.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English