(2) The next step on the path of belief is that one does not believe something because the crowd believes it, but because it comes from a certain authority. This is the child's belief, but at the same time this is the way one has to go. The child progresses when the mother says, "This is called water", and it repeats, "Water." It does not argue and say, "It is not water, it is bread." It just listens and believes, and that is the way it begins to learn.