{"id":6139,"date":"2017-09-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/23\/rousseau-il-ny-a-quune-science-a-enseigner-aux-enfants-cest-celle-des-devoirs-de-lhomme-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:11:28","slug":"rousseau-il-ny-a-quune-science-a-enseigner-aux-enfants-cest-celle-des-devoirs-de-lhomme-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/rousseau-il-ny-a-quune-science-a-enseigner-aux-enfants-cest-celle-des-devoirs-de-lhomme-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rousseau : \u00ab Il n&#039;y a qu&#039;une science \u00e0 enseigner aux enfants, c&#039;est celle des devoirs de l&#039;homme. \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><a title=\"lumi\u00e8res citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-4\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/histoire-en-citations-volume-4-29.jpg\" alt=\"lumi\u00e8res citations\" title=\"lumi\u00e8res citations\" style=\"float: left;margin: 10px\" width=\"165\" height=\"220\"><\/a>Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosophe des Lumi\u00e8res, est le plus paradoxal des p\u00e8res, dans le genre\u00a0: Faites ce que je dis, mais ne faites pas ce que je fais. Bilan personnel navrant, m\u00eame s\u2019il a des circonstances att\u00e9nuantes. Mais au plan social, voire soci\u00e9tal, ses id\u00e9es ont r\u00e9ellement r\u00e9volutionn\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9ducation des enfants.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"lumi\u00e8res citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-4\" target=\"_blank\">\u00c0 feuilleter pour tout savoir.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Il n\u2019y a qu\u2019une science \u00e0 enseigner aux enfants, c\u2019est celle des devoirs de l\u2019homme.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1050\" class=\"cit-num\">1050<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/rousseau\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/jean-jacques-rousseau\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"surname\">Jean-Jacques <\/span><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">ROUSSEAU<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> (1712-1778), <cite><span class=\"caps\">L\u2019\u00c9<\/span>mile ou De l\u2019\u00e9ducation<\/cite> (1762)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pas de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 saine sans des hommes sains. Id\u00e9al p\u00e9dagogique\u00a0: pr\u00e9server la libert\u00e9 naturelle de l\u2019enfant. <\/p>\n<p>Rousseau, qui doit beaucoup \u00e0 Montaigne, s\u2019inspire aussi de son exp\u00e9rience d\u2019autodidacte\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0L\u2019essentiel est d\u2019\u00eatre ce que nous fit la nature\u00a0; on n\u2019est toujours que trop ce que les hommes veulent que l\u2019on soit.\u00a0\u00bb <\/p>\n<p>Immense succ\u00e8s de ce trait\u00e9 sur l\u2019\u00e9ducation qui aura d\u2019heureux effets imm\u00e9diats\u00a0: des m\u00e8res se mettent \u00e0 allaiter leurs enfants, on cesse d\u2019emmailloter les nouveau-n\u00e9s comme des momies et d\u2019imposer les baleines aux corps des petites filles. Cette \u00ab\u00a0r\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9ration\u00a0\u00bb morale profite aussi aux esprits. \u00ab\u00a0Il me semble que l\u2019enfant \u00e9lev\u00e9 suivant les principes de Rousseau serait \u00c9mile, et qu\u2019on serait heureux d\u2019avoir \u00c9mile pour son fils\u00a0\u00bb, dira Mme\u00a0de Sta\u00ebl en 1788. <\/p>\n<p>Moins heureux furent les cinq <a title=\"enfants citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/enfants\">enfants<\/a> de Rousseau et Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Levasseur, abandonn\u00e9s aux Enfants trouv\u00e9s. Il s\u2019en explique et s\u2019en excuse, comme d\u2019un moindre mal, avec un art de l\u2019esquive qui fr\u00f4le la mauvaise foi. Il culpabilise dans certains passages de ses <em>Confessions<\/em>, puis revient sur son introspection paternelle.<\/p>\n<p>Autre explication\u00a0: Jean-Jacques aurait \u00e9t\u00e9 st\u00e9rile et Th\u00e9r\u00e8se infid\u00e8le, donc\u2026 On ne saura sans doute jamais la v\u00e9rit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0La femme est faite pour c\u00e9der \u00e0 l\u2019homme et pour supporter m\u00eame son injustice.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1051\" class=\"cit-num\">1051<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a title=\"rousseau citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/rousseau\">Jean-Jacques <span class=\"caps\">ROUSSEAU<\/span><\/a> (1712-1778), <em>L\u2019\u00c9mile ou De l\u2019\u00c9ducation<\/em> (1762)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Peut-on parler d\u2019une ombre \u00e0 la philosophie des Lumi\u00e8res, dans un\u00a0si\u00e8cle o\u00f9 les femmes, reines en leurs salons litt\u00e9raires, ont aussi une influence dans la politique et l\u2019art\u00a0? Rousseau pr\u00e9cise\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Toute l\u2019\u00e9ducation des femmes doit \u00eatre relative aux hommes. Leur plaire, leur \u00eatre utiles, se faire aimer et honorer d\u2019eux, les \u00e9lever jeunes, les soigner grands, les conseiller, les consoler, leur rendre la vie agr\u00e9able et douce\u00a0: voil\u00e0 les devoirs des femmes dans tous les temps, et ce qu\u2019on doit leur apprendre d\u00e8s l\u2019enfance.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019est dire que la petite Sophie ne partira pas avec les m\u00eames chances dans la vie que le petit \u00c9mile\u00a0! En dire plus serait faire preuve d\u2019anachronisme.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Proposez ce qui est faisable, ne cesse-t-on de me r\u00e9p\u00e9ter. C\u2019est comme si l\u2019on me disait\u00a0: proposez de faire ce que l\u2019on fait [\u2026] P\u00e8res, m\u00e8res, ce qui est faisable est ce que vous voulez faire.\u00a0\u00bb<span id=\"1052\" class=\"cit-num\">1052<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><a title=\"rousseau citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/rousseau\">Jean-Jacques <span class=\"caps\">ROUSSEAU<\/span><\/a> (1712-1778), <em>L\u2019\u00c9mile ou De l\u2019\u00c9ducation<\/em> (1762)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Modernit\u00e9 du propos. Toute la R\u00e9volution va marcher dans l\u2019\u00e9lan de ce \u00ab\u00a0vouloir, c\u2019est pouvoir\u00a0\u00bb, appliqu\u00e9 aux choses politiques, et comparable deux si\u00e8cles plus tard au fier slogan de <a title=\"mai 68 citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/indexation\/mai-68\">Mai 68<\/a>\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Soyez r\u00e9alistes, demandez l\u2019impossible.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosophe des Lumi\u00e8res, est le plus paradoxal des p\u00e8res, dans le genre\u00a0: Faites ce que je dis, mais ne faites pas ce que je fais. Bilan personnel navrant, m\u00eame s\u2019il a des circonstances att\u00e9nuantes. Mais au plan social, voire soci\u00e9tal, ses id\u00e9es ont r\u00e9ellement r\u00e9volutionn\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9ducation des enfants. \u00c0 feuilleter pour tout savoir. 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