Jean-Baptiste Blanchard was his leading Catholic opponent. Blanchard rejects Rousseau's negative education, in which one must wait until a child has grown to develop reason. The child would find more benefit from learning in his earliest years. He also disagreed with his ideas about female education, declaring that women are a dependent lot. So, removing them from their motherly path is unnatural, as it would lead to the unhappiness of both men and women.
Jean-Baptiste Blanchard was his leading Catholic opponent Blanchard rejects Rousseau's negative education in which one must wait until a child has grown to develop reason The child would find more benefit from learning in his earliest years He also disagreed with his ideas about female education declaring that women are a dependent lot So removing them from their motherly path is unnatural as it would lead to the unhappiness of both men and women