‎BASEDOW, JOHANN BERNHARD.‎
‎Methodischer Unterricht der Jugend in der Religion und Sittenlehre der Vernunft nach dem in der Philalethie angegebenen Plane (+) Methodischer Unterricht in der uberzeugenden Erkenntniss der biblischen Religion zur forgesetzten Ausfuhrung des in der P...‎

‎Altona, David Iversen,1764. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with four raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities, back board with loss of the marbled paper and leather partly detached. Small worm-tract to lower and inner margin. LXII, 272, XXXII, 224, 144 pp.‎

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‎First edition of the inaugural educational work by renowned German pedagogue and reformer Johann Bernhard Basedow (1724–1790), one of the co-founders of modern pedagogy and an Enlightenment thinker following in Rousseau’s footsteps. Basedow critiques the shortcomings of traditional education and presents his own idea of ideal instruction. He progressively develops his argument starting from an understanding of human nature and the natural world, leading to a comprehensive and liberated idea of duty, morality and the truth of Christianity.‎