As far as the game of marbles is concerned, there is therefore no contradiction between the egocentric practice of games and the mystical respect entertained for rules. This respect is the mark of a mentality fashioned, not by free cooperation between equals, but by adult constraint.

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Jean Piaget was a 19th-century Swiss psychologist. Jean William Fritz Piaget (, ; French: [ʒɑ̃ pjaʒɛ]; was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called genetic epistemology. Read more on Wikipedia →

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