“As a general rule—never substitute the symbol for the thing signified, unless it is impossible to show the thing itself; for the child's attention is so taken up with the symbol that he will forget what it signifies.”

— Jean Jacques Rousseau, book Emile, or On Education

Emile, or On Education (1762), Book III

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Genevan philosopher 1712–1778

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