But it is as marked in the formation of frivolous, dissipated, fanatical, narrow-minded and criminal persons as in that of competent inquirers, learned scholars, creative artists and good neighbors.
Dewey highlights that social influences can lead to both positive and negative personal outcomes.
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It rules but it does not regulate; for its rule is confined to receipt of tribute and ceremonial deference.
For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.
There is therefore no necessary connection between the private character of an act and its non-social or anti-social character.
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