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====1.3.9.  Reconnaissance====

====1.3.9.  Reconnaissance====

<p>In every sort of project there are two things to consider:  first, the absolute goodness of the project;  in the second place, the facility of execution.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In every sort of project there are two things to consider:  first, the absolute goodness of the project;  in the second place, the facility of execution.</p>

<p>In the first respect it suffices that the project be acceptable and practicable in itself, that what is good in it be in the nature of the thing;  here, for example, that the proposed education be suitable for man and well adapted to the human heart.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the first respect it suffices that the project be acceptable and practicable in itself, that what is good in it be in the nature of the thing;  here, for example, that the proposed education be suitable for man and well adapted to the human heart.</p>

<p>The second consideration depends on relations given in certain situations - relations accidental to the thing, which consequently are not necessary and admit of infinite variety.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The second consideration depends on relations given in certain situations &mdash; relations accidental to the thing, which consequently are not necessary and admit of infinite variety.</p>

Rousseau, Emile, or On Education, [Rou1, 34-35]

| align="right" | Rousseau, ''Emile, or On Education'', [Rou1, 34&ndash;35]

This section provides a glancing introduction to many subjects that cannot be treated in depth until much later in this work, but that need to be touched on at this point, if only in order to "prime the canvass" or to "set the tone" for the rest of this work, that is, to suggest the general philosophy, the implicit assumptions, and the basic conceptions that guide, limit, and underlie this approach to the subject of inquiry.  In the process of achieving the aims of this preliminary survey, it is apparently necessary for me, on this occasion, to pick my way through a densely interwoven web, to wit, a pressing but by no means a clear context of informal discussion, and to work my way across and around a nearly invisible warp, a whit less wittingly, a network of not yet fully formalized thought that nevertheless informs discussion in its own way.

This section provides a glancing introduction to many subjects that cannot be treated in depth until much later in this work, but that need to be touched on at this point, if only in order to "prime the canvass" or to "set the tone" for the rest of this work, that is, to suggest the general philosophy, the implicit assumptions, and the basic conceptions that guide, limit, and underlie this approach to the subject of inquiry.  In the process of achieving the aims of this preliminary survey, it is apparently necessary for me, on this occasion, to pick my way through a densely interwoven web, to wit, a pressing but by no means a clear context of informal discussion, and to work my way across and around a nearly invisible warp, a whit less wittingly, a network of not yet fully formalized thought that nevertheless informs discussion in its own way.