Everyone's actions are driven by passions and follow attraction. Society must thus be organized in such a way as to balance all attractions. Groups dealing with close specialities are hierarchically assembled into graduated series . Individual egoism is counterbalanced by the individual's membership in the group. Group egoism is counterbalanced by the participation of each of its members to other groups.
Harmonian education starts from practice, leading then to theory.
Children learn first to refine their senses, next start practising various crafts to which they are attracted. Only after mastering various practical skills are they taught to read and write. Fourierism and Utopia in the USA . Charles Fourier's grave . F. Engels on Charles Fourier.