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The movements of the young child in space meet its delight at experiencing the power of moving and its desire to explore the world. This exploration begins with the mobility of its eyes, and it continues with the help of its hand which seizes elements of the surroundings so as to finger and place them near in order to observe them, often lifting them to its mouth, one of the first organs of investigation. The world of the child enlarges as soon as it can walk on all fours. Its energy seems inexhaustible and nothing can stop it in its discovery of the world. It would take incredible risks if adults did not repress its urges.
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Irigaray, L. (2017). To Inhabit the World. In: To Be Born. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39222-6_4
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