If Logic Itself Is Created Rather Than

For The Fundamental Fact Of Human Psychology Is That Society, Instead Of Remaining Almost Entirely Inside The Individual Organism As In The Case Of Animals Prompted By Their Instincts, Becomes Crystallized Almost Entirely Outside The Individuals. In Other Words, Social Rules, As Durkheim Has So Powerfully Shown, Whether They Be Linguistic, Moral, Religious, Or Legal, Etc., Cannot Be Constituted, Transmitted Or Preserved By Means Of An Internal Biological Heredity, But Only Through The External Pressure Exercised By Individuals Upon Each Other.

Everytime We Teach A Child Something, We Prevent Him From Inventing It Himself.

There Is Little Mysticism Without An Element Of Transcendence, And Conversely, There Is No Transcendence Without A Certain Degree Of Egocentrism. It May Be That The Genesis Of These Experiences Is To Be Sought In The Unique Situation Of The Very Young Child In Relation To Adults. The Theory Of The Filial Origin Of The Religious Sense Seems To Us Singularly Convincing In This Connection.

Play Is The Answer To How Anything New Comes About.

Punishment Renders Autonomy Of Conscience Impossible.