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Everytime we teach a child something, we prevent him from inventing it himself.
Jean Piaget
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Jean Piaget
Age: 84 †
Born: 1896
Born: August 9
Died: 1980
Died: September 16
Biologist
Logician
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Pedagogue
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Jean William Fritz Piaget
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