Emile or Education vs πολιτεία: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Ouvrages avant 1800, Education, Early works to 1800, Philosophy, History, Fiction
Emile or Education
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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.…
πολιτεία
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The Republic is Plato's most famous work and one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy and politics. The characters in this Socratic dialogue - including Socrates himself - discuss whether the just or unjust man is…
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The verdict
- Readers rate πολιτεία highest: πολιτεία 3.9 · Emile or Education 3.5.
- πολιτεία has the widest readership — 303775 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Emile or Education | πολιτεία | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (303775) |
| Hardcover | 2.2 (6) | 3.0 (1) |
Reception
| Emile or Education | πολιτεία | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 6 | 303775 |
| Editions | 182 | 794 |
| Citations | 58 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 150 |
| Written reviews | — | 8 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 1555 |
| Pages | 410 | 503 |
Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Emile or Education or πολιτεία?
πολιτεία has the higher combined reader rating across sources (πολιτεία 3.9/5, Emile or Education 3.5/5).
Which is shorter to read: Emile or Education or πολιτεία?
Emile or Education is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Emile or Education (410 pages, ≈ 7 h 36 m); πολιτεία (503 pages, ≈ 9 h 19 m).
Which is harder to read: Emile or Education or πολιτεία?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Emile or Education: Demanding; πολιτεία: Demanding.