Some thoughts concerning education [by J. Locke.]. By J. Lockefor A. and J. Churchill, 1712 |
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... Education is of fo general Advantage , that did I find my Abi- lities answer my Wishes , I fhould not have needed Exhortations or Importunities from others . How- ever , the Meanness of thefe Papers , and my just Diftruft of them ...
... Education is of fo general Advantage , that did I find my Abi- lities answer my Wishes , I fhould not have needed Exhortations or Importunities from others . How- ever , the Meanness of thefe Papers , and my just Diftruft of them ...
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... Education of Daughters ; though where the Difference of Sex requires different Treatment , ' twill be no hard Mat- to diftinguish . § . 7. I would also advife his Feet to be waf'd every Day in cold Feet . Water , and to have his Shoes ...
... Education of Daughters ; though where the Difference of Sex requires different Treatment , ' twill be no hard Mat- to diftinguish . § . 7. I would also advife his Feet to be waf'd every Day in cold Feet . Water , and to have his Shoes ...
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... , the Custom of forbearing grown into Habit , will help much to preferve him , when Habits . ' he is no longer under his Maid's or Tutor's Eye . This is all I think can be done 2 done in the Cafe : For , as Years • II Of EDUCATION .
... , the Custom of forbearing grown into Habit , will help much to preferve him , when Habits . ' he is no longer under his Maid's or Tutor's Eye . This is all I think can be done 2 done in the Cafe : For , as Years • II Of EDUCATION .
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... ignorant Nurfes and Bodice - makers ) from medling in a Matter they understand not ; and they fhould be afraid to put Nature out of her Way in fashioning the Parts , when they they know not how the leaft and meaneft is . 12 Of EDUCATION .
... ignorant Nurfes and Bodice - makers ) from medling in a Matter they understand not ; and they fhould be afraid to put Nature out of her Way in fashioning the Parts , when they they know not how the leaft and meaneft is . 12 Of EDUCATION .
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Página 49 - Art; and he that has found a way, how to keep up a Child's Spirit, easy, active and free; and yet, at the same time, to restrain him from many things he has a Mind to, and to draw him to things that are uneasy to him; he, I say, that knows how to reconcile these seeming Contradictions, has, in my Opinion, got the true Secret of Education.
Página 2 - I think I may say, that of all the men we meet with, nine parts of ten are what they are, good or evil, useful or not, by their education.
Página 23 - But sweetmeats of all kinds are to be avoided ; which, whether they do more harm to the maker or eater, is not easy to tell. This I am sure, it is one of the most inconvenient ways of expense that vanity hath yet found out ; and so I leave them to the ladies, gi § 21.
Página 268 - Geography, I think, should be begun with ; for the learning of the figure of the globe, the situation and boundaries of the four parts of the world, and that of particular kingdoms and countries, being only an exercise of the eyes and memory, a child with pleasure will learn and retain them : and this is so certain, that I now live in the house with a child, whom his mother has so well instructed this way in geography...
Página 234 - ... naturally comes by degrees to write a less hand than he at first was taught, but never a bigger. Such a plate being graved, let several sheets of good...
Página 318 - There are a thousand other things, that may need consideration ; especially if one should take in the various tempers, different inclinations, and particular defaults, that are to be found in children, and prescribe proper remedies. The variety is so great, that it would require a volume; nor would that reach it. Each man's mind has some peculiarity, as well as his face, that distinguishes him from all others ; and there are possibly scarce two children, who can be conducted by exactly the same method.
Página 114 - But he that shall consider how much the business of a tutor, rightly employed, lies out of the road, and how remote it is from the thoughts of many, even of those who propose to themselves this employment, will perhaps be of my mind that one fit to educate and form the mind of a young gentleman is not everywhere to be found...
Página 239 - ... service, yet the ordinary way of learning it in a grammar-school, is that, which having had thoughts about, I cannot be forward to encourage. The reasons against it are so evident and cogent, that they have prevailed with some intelligent persons to quit the ordinary road, not without success, though the method made use of was not exactly...
Página 235 - ... several occasions, but especially if he travel, as that which helps a man often to express, in a few lines well put together, what a whole sheet of paper in writing would not be able to represent and make intelligible.
Página 87 - By this means a great deal of time and tiring would be saved: for a child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as he will with double the time and pains, when he goes awkwardly, or is dragged unwillingly to it.