Rousseau's 1762 treatise on education — following the fictional Emile from birth to adulthood under the guidance of a tutor — arguing that natural education (developing the child's innate faculties before introducing social conventions) produces a virtuous and free adult.
Founded progressive education — education should follow the child's natural development rather than impose adult forms — and argued that amour propre (comparative self-regard) is the corruption education must resist, not the natural foundation it should build on.
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