Abstract
The book presents a systematic exposition of the work Émile, ou De l'éducation (1762) considering, from the point of view of its context, two major movements of ideas in modern Europe history: on the one hand, the dissemination of civility manuals for the education of noble children, a phenomenon that begins with Erasmus's De Civilitate Morum Puerilium (1530) and reaches a high level of r…