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Emile, or On Education, an Uncommon card
Emile, or On Education is a treatise on the nature of education and on the nature of man written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who considered it to be the "best and most important" of all his writings.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 59
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 50,000
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Emile, or On Education quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Emile, or On Education card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It was forbidden by the Church, being listed on the Index Librorum ______.
Answer
Prohibitorum. It was forbidden by the Church, being listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. From the Emile, or On Education article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Due to a section of the book entitled "Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar", Emile was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in ____, the year of its first publication.
Answer
1760s. Due to a section of the book entitled "Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar", Emile was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in 1762, the year of its first publication. From the Emile, or On Education article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ousmane Sembène. Ousmane Sembène 73 · John Masefield 70 · Emile, or On Education 65 · Kettle 61 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Due to a section of the book entitled "Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar", Emile was banned in Paris and Geneva and was publicly burned in 1762, the year of its first publication.
- It was forbidden by the Church, being listed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.
- During the French Revolution, Emile served as the inspiration for what became a new national system of education.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Emile, or On Education article was read about 50,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 59: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Emile, or On Education
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Emile, or On Education (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
