Question

In a section of a book centered on this subject, a figure who is “adrift on the sea of human opinions” says, “I am no great philosopher, nor do I desire to be one.” The English translation of a Juvenal quote was popularized by a book on this subject written as a series of letters to Mary and Edward Clarke. “Everything degenerates in the hands of man,” according to a book centered on this subject whose author defended it in Letters from the Mountain. Two books whose title (*) Serious Proposal concerns this subject were written by Mary (-5[2])Astell. A book on this subject (10[1])whose passage describing the girl Sophie was criticized (10[1])in Mary Wollstonecraft’s (10[1])A Vindication (10[1])of the Rights of Women was later banned for its controversial “Creed of the Savoyard Vicar.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this subject (10[1])of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Emile. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: education [accept Emile, or Education; accept Some Thoughts Concerning Education; prompt on answers like women’s rights by asking “Which right?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yash MandaviaIllinois BNotre Dame C96-5
William HoustonChicago BIllinois A96-5
Joel MilesMinnesotaChicago A10210
Davis JohnsonPurdueIllinois C11010
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLNotre Dame B11310
Zach JosephNotre Dame ASIUE11510
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AIndiana B13110
Justin HawkinsIndiana ANorthwestern B13710
Michael HundingIllinois AChicago B14210
Kennedy GallaherNotre Dame CIllinois B1420

Summary

2024 Penn Bowl UNC10/26/2024Y367%0%33%103.00
2024 Penn Bowl Florida10/26/2024Y2100%0%0%111.00
2024 Penn Bowl Harvard10/26/2024Y367%0%33%126.00
2024 Penn Bowl UK10/26/2024Y5100%0%20%124.80
2024 Penn Bowl Berkeley11/02/2024Y2100%50%0%89.50
2024 Penn Bowl Mainsite11/02/2024Y3100%0%0%131.00
2024 Penn Bowl CWRU11/02/2024Y475%0%25%121.67
2024 Penn Bowl Chicago11/02/2024Y888%0%25%121.43
2024 Penn Bowl Texas11/02/2024Y2100%50%0%94.00