I think helvetius's omnipotent theory of education exaggerates the role of education in human development. Hull Maintenance concluded that people are born equal intellectually and education is omnipotent. He opposes Descartes' theory of "natural concept" and thinks that newborn babies have no concept and feeling, and human knowledge comes from feeling; People with good organs have the same cognitive ability and naturally equal intelligence. He asserted that the superiority of spirit has nothing to do with the integrity of senses. In real life, people's mental outlook varies widely due to different environment and education. Man is the product of education, and education is omnipotent. Starting from the theory of sensation, helvetius totally denied any significance of natural quality in human development, overestimated the role of education, and reached a one-sided conclusion that education is omnipotent. However, based on materialism, he asserted that human intelligence is naturally equal, which provided a theoretical basis for everyone to enjoy equal educational rights, and it was of great progressive significance at that time.

Helvetius's "education" has a wide meaning, including the surrounding environment, such as parents, relatives, friends, education received and books read, political system and legal system. Helvetius exaggerated the role of politics and law, making it the decisive factor of social development and turning to historical idealism. However, helvetius's conclusion is enlightening: since law determines everything, to change the current situation of French society, we must change the existing political and legal system; Whether the law can be perfected depends on people's rational progress. Only through education can people's rationality be improved day by day, and the state can constantly improve politics and laws and guide people to the road of happiness day by day. Then, helvetius exaggerated education as a decisive force to reform society.

Helvetius also fell into a self-contradictory circular theory: education and environment determine people's rational ability; Man's rationality depends on the environment centered on the political system, especially the legal system. In order to get rid of this contradiction, helvetius had to turn to a few talented people, and hoped on the enlightened monarch, thinking that only they could replace the evil law with good law, thus guiding people to become virtuous people and establishing a reasonable social system. Marx once pointed out that there is a materialistic theory that man is the product of environment and education, because changed man is the product of another environment and changed education. This theory forgets that the environment is changed by people, and educators themselves must be educated. Therefore, this theory will inevitably divide society into two parts, one of which is higher than society.

Helvetius called for the elimination of the interference and control of church forces on education, leaving the career of educators to secular forces to master and manage. Therefore, we must make a good education plan based on the principle of public welfare, including moral education, knowledge education and physical education. Helvetius opposed the control of education by the Catholic Church and demanded secularization of education. This progressive thought was reflected in various educational plans of the French Revolution.

Helvetius is an important representative of French materialist thinkers in the18th century and a disciple of Locke. Helvetius concluded that natural intelligence is equal, and spoke highly of the great role of education in human development and social reform. Oppose religious superstition, criticize the church for interfering in education, and advocate secular forces to manage schools. These thoughts had a great influence on France at that time and later generations. The theory of equality of human intelligence and omnipotence of education is the core of helvetius's educational theory.