Keywords Ranci egrave re education equality of intelligence presupposition emancipation Abstract This article contains four criticisms against Jacques Ranci egrave re s philosophy of education insofar as his philosophy is written in his work The Ignorant Schoolmaster. In the first criticism Ranci egrave re s presupposition of equality of intelligence would be framed as a truth claim and to the extent that it can be treated as such Ranci egrave re s argument contains a number of defects. The second criticism underscores the distinction between inequality of intelligence and inequality of knowledge Ranci egrave re confuses. The third criticism concerns the contradiction between what Ranci egrave re has written and what he practiced and also the weakness of the defense provided by his supporters on this point. Fourth Ranci egrave re s redefinition of ldquo emancipation rdquo as verification of the equality of intelligence turns out to strip away the very idea of emancipation of what makes it meaningful for many people. Abstrak Tulisan ini berisi empat kritik terhadap filsafat pendidikan Jacques Ranci egrave re sebagaimana tertuang dalam karyanya The Ignorant Schoolmaster. Dalam kritik pertama pengandaian kesetaraan akal budi Ranci egrave re akan dikemas sebagai klaim kebenaran dan sejauh itu dapat diperlakukan sebagai klaim kebenaran argumen Ranci egrave re mengandung sejumlah kecacatan. Kritik kedua menggarisbawahi perbedaan antara ketidaksetaraan akal budi dan ketidaksetaraan pengetahuan yang dirancukan Ranci egrave re. Kritik ketiga berkaitan dengan adanya kontradiksi antara apa yang Ranci egrave re tuliskan dan apa yang ia praktikkan serta kelemahan pendukung Ranci egrave re dalam membela butir ini. Keempat pendefinisian ulang Ranci egrave re atas ldquo emansipasi rdquo sebagai verifikasi atas kesetaraan akal budi justru melucuti ide emansipasi dari apa yang membuatnya bagi banyak orang berarti.