"e;One of the greatest problems of education,"e; Kant observes, "e;is how to unite submission to the necessary restraint with the child's capability of exercising his free will."e; He explores potential solutions to this dilemma, stressing the necessity of treating children as children and not as miniature adults. His positive outlook on the effects of education include a conviction that human nature could be continually improved; to achieve this end, he advocated that pedagogy, the science of education, be raised to academic status and studied at a university level — an innovative notion for the 18th century.
