will

Development of will depends on order and clarity of ideas

Power of choice, which precedes decision, should be
strengthened

Need of exercise for the will paralleled with need of
muscular exercise

Fallacy of educating the child's will by "breaking it"

"Character" the result of established will, not
of emulation

CHAPTER VIII

INTELLIGENCE

Liberating the child means leaving him to "his own intelligence"

How the intelligence of the child differs from the
instincts of animals

Intelligence the actual means of formation of the inner life

Hygiene of intelligence

Intelligence awakens and sets in motion the central
nervous mechanisms

In an age of speed, man has not accelerated himself

Swift reactions an external manifestation of intelligence

Ability to _distinguish_ and _arrange_ the
characteristic sign of intelligence

Montessori "sensory exercises" make it possible for the
child to distinguish and classify

The Montessori child is sensitive to the objects of his environment

Educational methods in use do not help the child to distinguish

Power of _association_ depends on ability to distinguish
dominant characteristics

Individuality revealed in association by similarity

By means of attention and internal will the intelligence
accomplishes the work of association

_Judgment_ and _reasoning_ depend on ability to distinguish

Activities of association and selection lead to individual
habits of thought

Importance of acquiring ability to reason for oneself

Genius the possession of maximum powers of association by similarity

Genius of errors in association and reasoning which have
impeded science

The consciousness can only accept truths for which it
is "expectant"

The intelligence has its peculiar perils, from which it
should be guarded

CHAPTER IX

IMAGINATION

The creative imagination of science is based upon truth.

Imagination based on reality differs from that based on speculation

Speculative imagination akin to original sin

Education should direct imagination into creative channels

Truth is also the basis of artistic imagination.

All imagination based on sense impressions

Non-seasonal impressions--spiritual truths

Education in sense perception strengthens imagination

Perfection in art dependent on approximation to truth

Exercise of the intellig