# Emile — The Social Contract character guide

> Emile in The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Emile, the Emile, The Emile

**First appearance:** 0005-i-subject-of-the-first-book

## Who they are

Title character of Rousseau's earlier work on education, cited here.

## Relationships

### [Montesquieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_social_contract_se/characters/montesquieu)

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Emile is a fictional character and does not interact with Montesquieu directly, but Rousseau's educational ideas contrast with Montesquieu's environmental determinism.

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