Some thoughts concerning education [by J. Locke.]. By J. Lockefor A. and J. Churchill, 1712 |
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... Reafon to enquire into , and not finding the Cure of it in Books , I fet my Thoughts on work , believing , that greater Changes than that might be made in our Bodies , if we took the right Course , and pro- ceeded by rational Steps . 1 ...
... Reafon to enquire into , and not finding the Cure of it in Books , I fet my Thoughts on work , believing , that greater Changes than that might be made in our Bodies , if we took the right Course , and pro- ceeded by rational Steps . 1 ...
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... Reafon to fuf- pect , that Children being ufually intent on their Play , and very heedlefs of any Thing elfe , often let pafs thofe Motions of Nature , when the calls them but gently ; and fo they neglecting the feafonable Offers , do ...
... Reafon to fuf- pect , that Children being ufually intent on their Play , and very heedlefs of any Thing elfe , often let pafs thofe Motions of Nature , when the calls them but gently ; and fo they neglecting the feafonable Offers , do ...
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... Reafon and Experience , that the tender Conftituti- ons of Children fhould have as little done to them , as is poffible , and as the abfolute Ne- ceffity of the Cafe requires . A little cold- ftill'd red Poppy - water , which is the ...
... Reafon and Experience , that the tender Conftituti- ons of Children fhould have as little done to them , as is poffible , and as the abfolute Ne- ceffity of the Cafe requires . A little cold- ftill'd red Poppy - water , which is the ...
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... Reafon , when at firft it was moft tender , most easy to be bow'd . Parents , being wifely ordain'd by Nature to love their Children , are very apt , if Reafon watch not that natural Affe- ction very wearily , are apt , I fay , to let ...
... Reafon , when at firft it was moft tender , most easy to be bow'd . Parents , being wifely ordain'd by Nature to love their Children , are very apt , if Reafon watch not that natural Affe- ction very wearily , are apt , I fay , to let ...
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... Reafon : The Difference lies not in having or not having Appetites , but in the Power to govern , and deny our felves in them . He that is not us'd to fub- mit his Will to the Reafon of others , when he is young , will fcarce hearken or ...
... Reafon : The Difference lies not in having or not having Appetites , but in the Power to govern , and deny our felves in them . He that is not us'd to fub- mit his Will to the Reafon of others , when he is young , will fcarce hearken or ...
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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.