Teachers erred in letting the senses and muscles of their pupils remain unused and inert, while their thoughts wandered about in idle fancies. And yet the muscles, nerves, and senses all constitute a whole. If the disorder is to be corrected, the organs connected with the psychic life must be activated. Mental work should be accompanied by an appreciation of what is true and beautiful which will animate it, and by movements which bring ideas into play and leave their traces on the external world, where men should help each other. The actions of the muscles should always be at the service of the mind and should not stoop to make themselves servants of what is known as the “vegetative” or “physical life” of man.
Montessori, Maria. The Discovery of the child (p. 89).
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