Scene from Emile, ou Traite de l'education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Paris, 1762). In this novel by the French political philosopher and educationlist Rousseau (1712-1778), as an educational experiment the hero, Emile, is raised apart from other children. Here Emile is with the priest from Savoy who, as the author's mouthpiece, is propounding the Theology of Nature which assumes Man to be naturally good, contradicting the doctrine of Original Sin.