[13] “Analytic Psychology,” Vol. I, p. 153.
[14] It is true that Professor Stout complains of the loose way in which the word “activity” has been used, and that he is careful to define his own meaning, but Froebel too is careful. See [Appendix I].
[16] “Analytic Psychology,” Vol. II, p. 82.
[17] “The Conception of Immortality,” p. 58.
[18] Froebel is comparing the child with other young animals, and somewhat scornfully refers to those who, “notwithstanding the early manifestation of the instinct to employ himself,” regard the human infant as inferior to the young of other animals.
[19] See chapter on Instinct.
[20] “In dem ersten Sinnenspiele, kommen also dem Kinde durch Wahrnehmen u. Schauen, durch Kommen, Bleiben u. Schwinden, durch Wechsel, also auch in gewisser Hinsicht durch frühes dunkles auffassen … somit von dunkler Vergleichung, die ersten Eindrücke der Seele, gleichsam die ersten Erkenntnisse zugleich durch Selbst-thätigkeit, wie durch die sein Leben und dessen Forderungen in sich tragende Mutterliebe.”—P., p. 66.
[21] It does not, however, follow that this outer object, or this manner of presenting it, is so important as Froebel supposed; see Chapter IX.