Hetreatsfirstofmusicorliterature, whichhedividesintotrueandfalse, andthengoesontogymnastics; ofinfancyintheRepublichetakesnonotice, thoughintheLawshegivessagecounselsaboutthenursingofchildrenandthemanagementofthemothers, , andboldlyasserts, inlanguagewhichsoundsparadoxicaltomodernears, ; theoneidentifiestruthalmostexclusivelywithfact, , whichis, however, ; hemustbetaughtsomethingsinafigureonly, sometoowhichhecanhardlybeexpectedtobelievewhenhegrowsolder; ; accordingtohimtheaimofearlyeducationisnottruthasamatteroffact, buttruthasamatterofprinciple; thechildistobetaughtfirstsimplereligioustruths, andthensimplemoraltruths, ; likeXenophanesandHeracleitusheissensibleofthedeepchasmwhichseparateshisownagefromHomerandHesiod, whomhequotesandinvestswithanimaginaryauthority, ; theterrorsoftheworldbelowaretobedispelled; ; : first, thatGodistrue; secondly, ; theycanhardlybesaidtohavegonebeyondthem.

Theyoungaretobebroughtupinhappysurroundings, ; , orifourmodernreligiouseducationcouldbeboundupwithtruthandvirtueandgoodmannersandgoodtaste, , likeourselves, islookingforwardtochangesinthemoralandreligiousworld, ’smindsbysuddenchangesoflawsandprinciples, , onthegroundthatitencouragesfalsesentiment, andthereforehewouldnothavehischildrentakentothetheatre; hethinksthattheeffectonthespectatorsisbad, , inwhichareinsensiblylearntthelessonsoftemperanceandendurance, ; thisalsoistobetheruleofhumanlife.