...fact is, that, from precisely this position, multitudes impose upon themselves and others by arguing from the concrete to the abstract, — from the particular to the general ; and hence they say, with an air of triumph, here is another demonstration of the utter falseness...

...simple phenomena." Does it not indeed follow from the familiarly admitted fact, that mental advance is from the concrete to the abstract, from the particular to the general, that the universal and therefore most simple truths are the last to be discovered ? Is not the government...

...simple phenomena." Does it not indeed follow from the familiarly admitted fact, that mental advance is from the concrete to the abstract, from the particular to the general, that the universal and therefore most simple truths arc the last to be discovered ? Is not the government...

...of attaining that end. For it enables us to proceed gradually from the simple to the complex, from the known to the unknown, from the concrete to the abstract, from the essential to the accidental, and above all it enables us to exhibit to the student a language, like...

...eye, not points, and lines, and angles; and here, as elsewhere, the method of proceeding should be from the concrete to the abstract — from the particular to the general. When pupils are prepared to understand Geometrical Demonstrations, they should be supplied with a suitable...

...that all training and instruction must proceed, up to a certain period of the child's history, from the known to the unknown, from the concrete to the abstract, from the simple to the more complex. Every branch of study must be pursued from this standpoint, proceeding...

...Teaching must advance from the sensuous to the supersensuous — from the physical to the metaphysical — from the concrete to the abstract — from the particular to the general. are taught and recited in geography, prematurely. While " active voice," " passive voice," " relation...

...simple phenomena.' Does it not indeed follow from the familiarly admitted fact, that mental advance is from the concrete to the abstract, from the particular to the general, that the universal and therefore most simple truths are the last to be discovered ? Is not the government...

...powers be called into healthful action. In all these exercises the teacher is careful to proceed from the known to the unknown, from the concrete* to the abstract, from ideas to words, never using terms which are not understood by the pupils. Thus the teacher deals with...

...simple phenomena." Does it not indeed follow from the familiarly admitted fact, that mental advance ia from the concrete to the abstract, from the particular to the general, that the universal and therefore most simple truths are the last to be discovered ? Is not the government...