"[A] wounded spirit, who can bare? This book is full of symptons of such a spirit." (Inscribed on verso of title page, Vol. 2).

ur inner conflicts are caused by these contradictions. Drawn this way by nature and that way by man, compelled to yield to both forces, we make a compromise and reach neither goal. We go through life, struggling and hesitating, and die before we have found peace, useless alike to ourselves and to others.

Great book covering Rousseau's educational views. I don't know if I can support everything he suggests. Following his advice could conceivably either result in a genius or someone incapable of the simplest tasks. Some of what he suggests is extreme, some seems like common sense now, it can be hard to realize how radical some of his advice was given the time the book was written in. ( )