Emile or Education vs Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ouvrages avant 1800, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Emile or Education
Rousseau wrote about the difficulty of being a good individual within an inherently corrupting collectivity: society. Emile deals specifically with education, and outlines a system which would allow for human goodness.…
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Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres
"The lectures on rhetoric by Dr. Hugh Blair are too well known to require an extended introduction. They are based largely upon the system of Aristotle, and have served as the groundwork for many modern textbooks on…
The verdict
- Readers rate Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres highest: Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres 4.0 · Emile or Education 3.5.
- Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 7 for Emile or Education.
- Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres has the widest readership — 29 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Emile or Education | Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (29) |
| Hardcover | 2.2 (6) | — |
Reception
| Emile or Education | Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6 | 29 |
| Editions | 182 | 85 |
| Citations | 58 | — |
| Want to read | — | 139 |
| Reading it now | — | 5 |
| Written reviews | — | 5 |
| Pages | 410 | 282 |