How to educate for virtue in the age of passions: A Reflection on Moral Education in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile or On Education
This research investigates the pedagogical strategies employed by the preceptor to lead his student to virtue in the Age of Passions, as described in Book IV of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile or On Education. In the first chapter we focus on the contextualization of this treatise within Rousseau's thinking, positioning it in relation to his other productions, especially the First and Second Discourse. In the second chapter we investigate the aim of the educational project established in Emile, developing concepts such as happiness, strength, freedom and virtue, because without the clarification regarding the question of the ends, it would not be possible to understand the means employed by the preceptor. In the third and last chapter we analyze each of the pedagogical strategies presented by the philosopher, highlighting the role played by the student's different faculties and passions in the process of virtue education. We divided the exhibition into two axes: education of feelings and education of reason, including the study of men, the study of religion and the lessons about love, the last instruction that prepares and precedes the introduction of Emile into society, when we observe the results of applying the method.