![]() ![]() So the child must be raised free, equal to all others around him/her, and connected to all through bonds of natural fraternity. Throughout the text, readers are instilled to think on their own, to come to terms with a new way of thinking Man from its most profound roots, and how a child must be raised in conformity to nature (his/her nature, as Rousseau conceives it). It's through this experience that we start to grasp the scope of his criticisms, and the way he wants to prepare people for the coming of a new order. And what best place to start with than by educating people to be good citizens? So the philosopher conceives of a thought experiment where he plays the role of a tutor for more than 20 years of a young scholar named Emile. Rousseau wants to reform the state of the decadent human institutions of his time. ![]()
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