ABSTRACT
Education has a far greater part than nature in the formation and development of accurate and upright intelligences. Descartes has given a long account of the education which he had received among the Jesuits, at the college of La Fleche. Descartes has stated some of the great principles of modern pedagogy. The first is the equal aptitude of minds to know and comprehend. Locke is the first educator to write a consecutive and methodical dissertation on the food, clothing, and sleep of children. In 1697 Locke addressed to the English government a remarkable document on the importance of organizing working schools for the children of the poor. The Hardening Process is the ideal of education, according to Locke, is a sound mind in a sound body. Malebranche has given only a passing attention to things relating to education. Students devoted to punishments in general, and in particular to corporal punishments, count among the best in the Thoughts.
