Rousseau

Advocating natural education and pursuing human freedom

The issue of human freedom is the core of Rousseau’s concern and pursuit, and it is also the highest purpose of his education . Although Rousseau was a product of the Enlightenment era, he emphasized freedom more than other Enlightenment thinkers. He elevated freedom to an unparalleled level, viewed the essential power of human beings, and even shouted "Give me freedom or give me death." , believes that giving up one's own freedom means giving up one's qualifications as a human being, giving up human rights and even giving up one's own obligations, canceling all freedom of one's own will and canceling all morality of one's actions. According to Rousseau, freedom is autonomy, including three evolving levels: natural freedom, social freedom and moral freedom. The so-called freedom in the natural state is innate, inherent and inalienable; the realization of social freedom is a dynamic historical process of overcoming the depravity of human nature and sublating social alienation; the realization of moral freedom is the realization of this historical process, that is, It is the process of perfection of human nature itself.