...mankind, considered historically. ' The genesis of knowledge in the individual,' he says, ' should follow the same course as the genesis of knowledge in the race.' Thus, suppose the teacher wishes to give a lesson on modes of locomotion ; he will find it an advantage...

...mankind, considered historically. ' The genesis of knowledge in the individual,' he says, ' should follow the same course as the genesis of knowledge in the race.' Thus, suppose the teacher wishes to give a lesson on modes of locomotion ; he will find it an advantage...

...progress. So Herbert Spencer, elaborating this conception, which he attributes to M. Comte, states that the " Genesis of knowledge in the individual must...same course as the genesis of knowledge in the race," and so would have education conform "both in mode and arrangement with the education of mankind considered...

...mode and arrangement, with the education of mankind as considered historically ; or, in other words, the genesis of knowledge in the* individual must follow...same course as the genesis of knowledge in the race." (Education, p. 122). The fatal objection to this doctrine ia that it takes no account of the ameliorations...

...excites interest, and which proceeds upon the well-known principle of intellectual development, — "The genesis of knowledge in the individual must follow...same course as the genesis of knowledge in the race." In accordance with this principle the method of discovery conducts the pupil by the processes of inference...

...interesting growth, that of human nature, a miniature panorama of « volution. Spencer believes that "the genesis of knowledge in the individual must follow...same course as the genesis of knowledge in the race." Thus we can see that this method of conservative self-government with the teacher as guide, is the...

...mode and arrangement, with the education of mankind as considered historically ; or in other words, the genesis of knowledge in the individual must follow...course as the genesis of knowledge in the race."* It has remained for modern science to show that these two laws are counterparts of each other ; that...

...exercise of good sense. The fundamental idea is, that Nature should dictate all laws of training. " The genesis of knowledge in the individual must follow...same course as the genesis of knowledge in the race." That is, the law of intellectual growth should be the law of self-evolution — a proceeding from the...

...mode and arrangement, with the education of mankind as considered historically; or, in other words, the genesis of knowledge in the individual must follow...same course as the genesis of knowledge in the race." — (Spencer.) This is the most concise statement that has yet been given to the new theory of education;...

...considered as in part a repetition of the foregoing. Nevertheless it is a maxim that needs to be stated. "3. The genesis of knowledge in the individual must follow...same course as the genesis of knowledge in the race. Even were the order intrinsically indifferent it would facilitate education to lead the individual...