Émile / or, Concerning Education; Extracts

He does not depend upon another to direct him, but follows where his own good sense points the way

At this time his strength is proportionately greatest

The principle that ought to guide him now is that of utility

The second book takes the child at about the fifth year, and conducts him to about the twelfth year.

so that, from their tenderest years, the inculcating of false ideas and the giving a wrong bent of mind may be avoided.