Book Excerpts
Selected passages from books connected with this theme.
The little Prince
Exupery · 1943
Excerpts
[…]
The Little Prince went to look at the roses again.
“You’re not at all like my rose. You’re nothing at all yet,” he told them.
“No one has tamed you and you haven’t tamed anyone. You’re the way
my fox wa …
The Absorbent Mind
Montessori · 1949
(The first chapter and selected excerpts)
CHAPTER I:
THE CHILD AND THE WORLD RECONSTRUCTED
In modern times the psychic life in the new-born child has called forth great interest. Many scientists and psychologists …
The Psychology of Intelligence
Piaget Jean · 1947
The original French edition, La Psychologie de l’intelligence, was published by Armand Colin in 1947 and was based on lectures Piaget had delivered at the Collège de France in 1942.
(First pages and selected excerpts) …
Emile or On Education
Rousseau · 1762
“Hold childhood in reverence, and do not be in any hurry to judge it for good or ill. Leave exceptional cases to show themselves, let their qualities be tested and confirmed, before special methods are adopted. Give natu …