How does Wollstonecraft characterize Rousseau’s views on education of children?

After John Lockes Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690), the floodgates of the Enlightenment were opened as intellectuals began to consider the terrain of human reason, emotion and thought. Prior to Locke (as well as both Descartes and Pascal), the comforting assumptions for the wealthy and powerful were that they were able to enjoy the fruits of the national wealth because they were 1) better than other members of the polity and 2) divinely gifted and thus were where they were because of Gods favor. This condescending attitude was challenged in the 18th Century by philosophe after philosophe. Read Rousseau’s Emile(1762)at https://www.archive.org/stream/rousseausemileor00rousiala#page/258/mode/2up This is an e-book. The link should take you to Page 258/59. Proceed to read Book V (“The Education of Women”). Also read Chapter 2 (scroll down…this is the entire publication) from The Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) at the address below to gain an insight into how Mary Wollstonecraft among others (for instance Mary Astell) sought to extend the principles of the Enlightenment to women. Wollstonecraft’s “Vindication” As you write the essay, please make sure that you establish the historical context within which both luminaries of the Enlightenment are writing. Discuss the following questions in a unified essay (not a report of what was written in the documents) of 1,250 to 1,500 words with a clear thesis and conclusion supported by “evidence” from the readings and your text. How does Rousseau recommend that boys be educated? Girls? Do you find Rousseau’s views to be conventional or revolutionary for his time and why? How does Wollstonecraft characterize Rousseau’s views on education of children? How does Mary Wollstonecraft describe the education of women? What flaws in womens character does she trace to their education? What results does she expect if womens education is improved? How do her ideas compare with Rousseaus? (In order to do this, you will have to identify some of Rousseau’s key themes in Emile.)

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