Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about science from Emile, or On Education - Let him not be taught science, let him discover it. If ever you substitute authority for reason he will cease to reason; he will be a mere plaything of other people's thoughts.
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“ Let him not be taught science, let him discover it. If ever you substitute authority for reason he will cease to reason; he will be a mere plaything of other people's thoughts. ”
 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, or On Education (1762). copy citation

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Author Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source Emile, or On Education
Topic science teaching discovery
Date 1762
Language English
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Note Translated by Barbara Foxley
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5427/pg5427-images.html

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“Qu'il ne sache rien parce que vous le lui avez dit, mais parce qu'il l'a compris lui-même ; qu'il n'apprenne pas la science, qu'il l'invente. Si jamais vous substituez dans son esprit l'autorité à la raison, il ne raisonnera plus ; il ne sera...” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Émile, ou De l’éducation

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about science from Emile, or On Education - Let him not be taught science, let him discover it. If ever you substitute authority for reason he will cease to reason; he will be a mere plaything of other people's thoughts.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about science from Emile, or On Education - Let him not be taught science, let him discover it. If ever you substitute authority for reason he will cease to reason; he will be a mere plaything of other people's thoughts.