The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-04
II general account effbe METHOD purified 3
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lT,sgGafe9f,om the 7Uori Of Dir. c5aoanne,1
Peftaozzi has given the name of NfttBoa to hi,
new plan OF intruaion, is not 70 much the fub.
Ject as the mode or manner of infru6ion in whic!
his plan differs from any hitherto adopted.
" This Mffbod embraces all thofe elementary OF
primary means, by the aid Of which the powers 81
the human mind may be the noa naturally deveIo
ped Il is the relnlt of deep reflection ON the pro.
gres OF nature, from the moment that the infant o.
pening its eyes TO the light, begins to combine the
materials which are to ferve as the foundation of al
his future knowledge.
" fheie elementary materials are furnihed bv rhe
mPrelions which it receives from exterior ob;edis
aud here it would be difficult to form an idea of rhe
prodigious number of various fenfatious, which the
infant Can receive and retain, with fcarcey any az
hhanee from arr. In truth, the multiplicity Of OBJ.
Jeets which AZ frlt are forced upon its notice pro.
duces an ahioute chaos in its feeble brain Intent.
bly,, however, the impre1ions produced by the OBJ
tests mott familiar to it, acquire more correauefs
by degreesh he learns hear feel to tate to touch
and above all he learns to Zee he begins TO diflin-
guiih obes, he forms idea of their se and their
number. AT the fame time he begins TO feel viii,
or impne to inpart to others what he feels hinifef
loon after the organ Of fpeech developes feIf and
he ieeks TOT give names to all the Objects which fur
round him. - ~.
With the aid Of the Ggr. of language, nj, fenG-
tons acquire from day to day more precifion be,
cauie, discovering each day properties in the OBJ
eets which fall under his enfes language furuibe,
him, at the fame time, denomination for each
OF theie properties. At LAT, tbefe fra inpre(iens
produced by exiting objeas, deveope in his foul the
faculty Of riing TO ill higher operations InfenGby
the prefence of the object is no longer neerHary, in
order to give him the fsnfation oft bya Grnple aa
OF MS will, his imagination can retrace, and hi, me-
nory recall he fees by the eyes of his underaand
ing, he can trace form, he can determine lis propor
tions--he compares, he judges, he reafons. He /,
no longer that feeble being who, in the fri day. Of
It's exiitenee, appeared inferior to the brute no Is the
fbsf-d'raU,r OF creation upon earth he is Mas.
g Such is the progrel. Of Nature fuch the guide
Peltaozzi wifhesto follow. His numerous olferya-
TINS have convinced him E,F, that the intellectual
powers Of the in!aut need only to be developed in
lure and certain manner, to elevate them TO the high
ett degree which man can attain Esoady, that the
lite fnceefs hitherto obtained nua be attributed 10
the feeblepes and iuconeney Of the foundations on
which the different fyaen1s Of inAruSion have been
raifed but particularly, to the little attention which
has been paid, togve TO the fra mpreioDs receive
ed IN infancy, drsction conformabIe to the ndiea-
Tens firn0,ed by nature.
He has siIi1uou1y fought for the iirel and mon
hmPis method to give this direction to the infan,
mind, and to harmonic the iUilruaions Of man with
thoie OF nature. Bat 70 accomplish this sve mufl
commence with the true eemenrary or PRIMARY prir
eiples; we nuf lay hold Of the fra operations n
nature upon the mind Of III. infant, in order to ub.