The child is the builder of man. In the first year of life the child does not have the body or intelligence or character of a man. A man is a member...

We can only help man if we aid the child to be better adapted to the future of civilisation.

We must see this vision of man in correlation with the environment and his adaptation to it.

We must begin with something precise, something that can be observed. Most pedagogical theories are based on vague philosophical plans. I would...

At birth, the child has to make an enormous effort to adapt. It is the birth of a spirit with mysterious potentialities, of a being who must adapt...

The child must construct his adaptation to his environment from the beginning of his life. This adaptation is developed by the child taking in...

We must help children from the very beginning. We must give them the right environment because they have to adapt themselves to a strange new world.

We must accept adaptation as the basis upon which we can build a concept of education.

The child is the creator of the man, certainly with regard to his adaptation to the environment.

Every creature has a task; a task not just for its own benefit, but for the benefit of the environment as well. Each species’ adaptation to the...