Nature Nourishes Our Sense of Truth
How to raise children who are not easily propagandised
“Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own laws. She has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.” Leonardo Da Vinci
Nature is the most important classroom for the young and developing mind. This is a fact that is every mother knows in her heart but she is often told by the world that her child must be placed behind a desk with a pencil in his hand in order to begin to learn the truths of the world. However, without a proper sense of truth, how can a child (or anyone) possibly evaluate the information they are given second hand, for example through a teacher or a book? How can a child answer the question that must bubble up inside his tender mind “how do I know this is true”? Like many childish questions, it is at once very simple, and very challenging to answer. In this essay, I explain precisely how frequent encounters with nature prepare a child’s mind to answer just this question well.
