Emile, or Treatise on Education: The Five Books Ð Complete and Unabridged with NotesEmile, or On Education, examines the nature of education and of man, instructing the reader on how to raise a child to live a harmonious, philosophically rich life. Written in an order of the child's upbringing, each part of the text discusses how best to teach a young person values which they can take onward to their ultimate benefit. The titular 'Emile' is the name of child who undergoes the tutoring. In praising the ideas of earlier thinkers,