Rousseau and Education According to Nature by Thomas Davidson provides a thorough examination of Rousseau's philosophy on education. The author does an excellent job of breaking down Rousseau's beliefs and presenting them in a clear and understandable manner. Davidson discusses the importance of education in its natural state, free from artificial influences, and emphasizes the significance of allowing children to develop at their own pace.

Throughout the book, Davidson delves into Rousseau's ideas on the role of the teacher, the natural development of the child, and the importance of hands-on learning experiences. He also explores Rousseau's views on the detrimental effects of societal norms and conventions on education.

Overall, Rousseau and Education According to Nature is a thought-provoking and insightful read for anyone interested in educational philosophy. Davidson's analysis of Rousseau's ideas offers a fresh perspective on education and encourages readers to rethink traditional approaches to teaching and learning.

Book Description:
In my Volume on Aristotle in this series, I tried to give an account of ancient, classical, and social Education; in the present volume I have endeavored to set forth the nature of modern, romantic, and unsocial Education. This education originates with Rousseau. With much reluctance I have been obliged to dwell, at considerable length, on the facts of his life, in order to show that his glittering structure rests, not upon any broad and firm foundation of well-generalized and well-sifted experience, but upon the private tastes and preferences of an exceptionally capricious and self-centered nature. His Emile is simply his selfish and unsocial self, forcibly withheld, by an external Providence, in the shape of an impossible tutor, from those aberrations which led that self into the a "dark forest " of misery. If my estimate of Rousseau's value as an educator proves disappointing to those who believe in his doctrines, I can only say, in excuse, that I am more disappointed than they are.