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Emile, ou de l'éducation(Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

  1. A Father Should Be the Tutor of His Own Household Just as a mother is truly the one who should nourish a child, a father is truly the one who should be the child's tutor. Parents must agree on their parenting styles and respective roles. A young child should be passed from the mother's hand to the father's. Although a father's knowledge may be inferior to the world's most competent teacher, it is better for a discerning father to educate his child. (Mobile e-book: 92p) When considering the father's role while a mother carries a child for ten months, gives birth, breastfeeds, and raises the child, I believe, as Rousseau suggests in the book, that the father should become the tutor of his own family. A household is created by the father and his wife, and rather than entrusting it to other professionals, the goal should be for the father to learn more and become a proper teacher for his child. Educational institutions can handle a child's schooling, but wh...

Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inegalite parmi les hommes(Rousseau, Jean-Jacques)

 1. Let's develop my own strength Humans are weak when they rely on others. They become strong only when they are freed from others. mobile e-book: 148p Humans grow up relying on their parents when they are children, and if they continue to rely on their parents as adults, they will be the weakest when their parents are gone. Of course, humans live relying on others, but I think that eventually they will have to stand up and become independent. I don't think humans are weak. All animals also grow bigger and stronger as they become adults and parents and become a support for someone (child or someone else). I think that rather than continuing the habit of always relying on someone, growing up is becoming someone who can be relied on by someone. 2. Inequality began with the differences in each person's ability. As each person began to pay attention to others and wanted to be noticed by others, being recognized by others began to have some value. The person who sang the best, ...

The Extended Phenotype(Richard Dawkins)

 The rabies virus drives even non-carnivorous animals to bite viciously, and some people have been bitten by fruit-eating bats that usually do no harm. In addition to biting, which is a surefire way to spread viruses that use saliva, 'fidgeting' also plays a role in spreading the virus more efficiently. mobile e-book : 773p I think the rabies virus ultimately forces its normal host to bite in order to increase its population. In some ways, I think it may be part of manipulating its host in order to reproduce. I think that all living things on Earth (viruses, bacteria, plants, animals, etc.) ultimately do things to increase their population in order to survive. Cold viruses also induce their hosts to cough or sneeze, causing them to transmit the virus to other hosts through droplets, and bacteria such as typhoid and dysentery cause infection when other animals or humans drink the infected water that is infected with the host's excrement. In the case of plants, they reproduce...

30 Years After Retirement, Advice for Planning Your Second Life: A Journey to Find Your True 'Me'

 The remarkable advancement of modern medicine has extended the average human lifespan to over 80 years. However, unfortunately, our retirement age is still around 50 years, so how to spend the long 30 years after retirement has become an important topic in our society. Of course, this may not apply to those who have a business that they will run for their entire lives or those who work in professional fields without a retirement age. However, retirement is an inevitable stage of life for most workers, and especially office workers, who end their working life in their 50s, must think about how to fill the remaining long time. I believe that the main reason many people experience depression after retirement is because they think, 'There is nothing more I can do in society.' During work life, a clear professional identity such as 'who I am in what company, what department,' defines oneself and provides a sense of social belonging and stability. This identity sometimes bec...