The discovery of Victor, the wild boy of Aveyron, and the accomplishments of his teacher, Jean Marc Itard, launched a debate among philosophers anthropologists, psychologists, and educators that has lasted almost two centuries, has given birth to educational treatment of the mentally retarded with methods that are still widely employed, and has led in this country to a revolution in childhood education.This beautifully written book by Harlan Lane tells the complete story of Dr. Itard's successes and failures with “l'enfant sauvage,” a story immortalized by director François Truffaut in The Wild Child (L'Enfant sauvage). Lane takes the reader into the central philosophical and scientific debates of the nineteenth century and sheds new light on questions that persist for our own time. Which human activities require social instruction and which do not? Is there a critical period for language acquisition? To what extent can education compensate for delayed development and limited endowment? What are the critical features of effective training methods?

Wild Boy of Aveyron

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lane, Harlan

Psychology & Counseling

george allen

This book is an attempt at a restatement of the traditional view of the relation of God to man. In opposition to humanism which proposes a religion of pure humanity, and to the theology of crisis which, so to speak, teaches a religion of pure Deity, it maintains a view of religion and theology which holds that the notions of humanity and Deity can not be separated without making them unintelligible. This view makes religion not merely a matter of faith and emotion but of reason as well. The development of this thesis involves looking again at the relation of dogmatic to rational theology and reinterpreting the latter. An examination of the historic proofs for the existence of God and an axiological interpretation of the entire theistic argument constitute the heart of the book. In pursuance of this programme the book includes a study of such topics as language, myth, symbolism, logic, intuition and creed. Finally, after taking up the problems of religious knowledge, it discusses religion and science in contemporary thought, and the relation of religion to the humanities.

Humanity and Deity

Wilbur Marshall Urban

Religion & Spirituality

Embossed Tea Kettle

Zenji Hakun

Bon Marche: Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, 1869-1920

Business & Money

Miller, Michæl B.

Industries

Home, school, and leisure in the Soviet Union

Politics & Social Sciences

Brine

Social Sciences

Transformation Geometry

Max Jeger

Children's Books

Build Your Own Boat: Building and Fitting Out for Sail and Power

Sports & Outdoors

NICOLSON, Ian

Water Sports

<p>Hardcover with dust jacket. VG/VG. Very good; dust jacket covered with mylar</p>

Dickens and religion

Dennis Walder

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other verses from The Red Book, consist of 16 poems, three about Tom Bombadil himself, one about a hobbit and a troll, two about the Man in the Moon, six which represent simply "adventures", and four which are in the nature of a bestiary, familiar places to instill the feel of a Middle Earth setting

The Adventures Of Tom Bombadil

Tolkien.J.R.R.

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

British economic and strategic planning, 1905-1915

French, David

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