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Fenelon's Treatise on the Education of Daughters

François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .years be neglected, it becomes restless and turbulent during the remainder of its [40]life; the blood boils, bad habits are formed, and the body and mind, both equally susceptible, become prone to evil. Hence arises a sort of second original sin, which, in advanced age, is the source of a thousand disorders.

As soon as children arrive at a more mature period, or their reason becomes unfolded, we must be careful that all our words have a tendency to make them love truth, and detest artifice and hypocrisy. We ought never to be guilty of any deception or falsehood to appease them, or to persuade them to comply with our wishes: if we are, we instruct them in cunning and artifice; and this they never forget. Reason and good sense must be our instruments of regulation.

But let us examine with a little [41]more attention the exact dispositions of children, and what more particularly regards their treatment. The substance of their brain is soft, b. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Okay, now this one is outright terrifying, but at the same time it's a good historical record.

Fenelon var lärare till kungen av Frankrike, och därtill en diplomat och präst. Hans stora fama är från den typ av didaktiska sagoböcker som vi inte riktigt har lika mycket av idag, där barnet, genom att få höra häftiga historier inklusive problemlösningar, tar till sig attityder och kunskaper omedv

This was hysterical. The vast majority of the book is not exactly something that I think should be held to today, but there are some worthwhile parts, such as the sections that explain how you should interact with other people. I would not have survived well in this era, since my mind has already be