The Right Use of Imagination, Chapter II from To Educate the Human Potential

In Montessori’s book To Educate the Human Potential, imagination provides the
underpinnings of Montessori cosmic education—a metaphysical, moral, and philosophic view of existence and the human ability to mobilize destiny for the well-being of the universe, humankind, and the self: ‘Everything invented by man, physical or mental, is the fruit of someone’s imagination.’ This article is the definitive framer of the role of imagination for the six-year-old.