<P> Emile , or On Education or Émile , or Treatise on Education ( French : Émile , ou De l'éducation ) is a treatise on the nature of education and on the nature of man written by Jean - Jacques Rousseau , who considered it to be the `` best and most important '' of all his writings . Due to a section of the book entitled `` Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar '' , Emile was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in 1762 , the year of its first publication . During the French Revolution , Emile served as the inspiration for what became a new national system of education . </P>
<P> Emile , or On Education or Émile , or Treatise on Education ( French : Émile , ou De l'éducation ) is a treatise on the nature of education and on the nature of man written by Jean - Jacques Rousseau , who considered it to be the `` best and most important '' of all his writings . Due to a section of the book entitled `` Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar '' , Emile was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in 1762 , the year of its first publication . During the French Revolution , Emile served as the inspiration for what became a new national system of education . </P>
who wrote émile a landmark book of educational theory
who wrote émile a landmark book of educational theory
Jean - Jacques Rousseau
Jean - Jacques Rousseau