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“Now I want to say: 'After being - doing and being done to. But first, being.”
― Playing and Reality
― Playing and Reality
“Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.”
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“In health, then, children develop enough belief in themselves and in
other people to hate external controls of all kinds, controls have changed
over into self-control. In self-control the conflict has been worked
through within the person in advance. So I see it this way: good condi-
tions in the early stages lead to a sense of security, and a sense of security
leads on to seIf-control, and when selfcontrol is a fact, then security that
is imposed is an insult (36).”
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other people to hate external controls of all kinds, controls have changed
over into self-control. In self-control the conflict has been worked
through within the person in advance. So I see it this way: good condi-
tions in the early stages lead to a sense of security, and a sense of security
leads on to seIf-control, and when selfcontrol is a fact, then security that
is imposed is an insult (36).”
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“You see a child play, and it is so close to seeing an artist paint, for in play a child says things without uttering a word. You can see how he solves his problems. You can also see what's wrong. Young children, especially, have enormous creativity, and whatever's in them rises to the surface in free play.”
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“1)A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.
2)Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
3)Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.
4)The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.
5)Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
6)Science does not permit exceptions.”
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2)Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
3)Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.
4)The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.
5)Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
6)Science does not permit exceptions.”
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