Construction and destruction alike satisfy the will to power, but construction is more difficult as a rule, and therefore gives more satisfaction to the person who can achieve it. ... Destruction being easier, a child's games usually begin with it, and only pass on to construction at a later stage ... When a child first has bricks, it likes to destroy towers built by its elders. But when it has learnt to build for itself, it becomes inordinately proud of its performances, and cannot bear to see its architectural efforts reduced to a heap of ruins.
Source: On Education, especially in early childhood, 1926, by Bertrand Russell
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