CHAPTER VII

AN ADEQUATE THEORY OF EDUCATION

A human being—_His capacities_—_His limitations_—_His education_—The behaviour of ideas—No one can beget an idea by himself—Certain persons attract certain ideas—The idea that ‘strikes’ us—Expansion and activity of the person—Story of Kaspar Hauser—What Nature does for a child—The child has every power that will serve him—Fulness of living depends on the establishment of relations—The power of recognition—Æsthetic appreciation—First-hand knowledge—Appreciative knowledge and exact knowledge—How a child sets up a new relation, 68

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