Book IV

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Book IV is a major section of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s educational treatise "Emile, or On Education," focusing on the moral and religious development of the pupil.

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instanceOf book section ⓘ
addresses education of the emotions ⓘ
relationship between individual and society ⓘ
tension between faith and reason ⓘ
aimsAt preparing Émile for adulthood ⓘ
shaping Émile’s religious sentiments ⓘ
arguesAgainst blind obedience to religious authority ⓘ
religious intolerance ⓘ
author Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
centralTheme critique of revealed religion ⓘ
formation of moral autonomy ⓘ
inner voice of conscience as moral guide ⓘ
contains the Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar ⓘ
criticizedBy Catholic authorities ⓘ
Protestant authorities ⓘ
discusses conscience ⓘ
natural religion ⓘ
the existence of God ⓘ
the problem of evil ⓘ
the role of reason in religion ⓘ
emphasizes personal experience in religious belief ⓘ
sincerity of conscience over external ritual ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1762 ⓘ
focusesOn moral development of the pupil ⓘ
religious development of the pupil ⓘ
genre educational treatise ⓘ
hasForm didactic dialogue ⓘ
philosophical narrative ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Savoyard Vicar ⓘ
historicalContext 18th-century France ⓘ
influenced debates on religion in the Enlightenment ⓘ
later theories of moral education ⓘ
mainCharacter Émile ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Émile, or On Education ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Enlightenment philosophy ⓘ
positionInWork fourth book of Émile, or On Education ⓘ
relatedConcept civil religion ⓘ
education according to nature ⓘ
natural goodness of man ⓘ
setsStageFor Émile’s entry into social life ⓘ
teaches religion based on inner sentiment rather than dogma ⓘ
workLanguage French ⓘ
workTitleInFrench Émile, ou De l’éducation ⓘ

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