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John Dewey: In fact, both words, individual and social, are hopelessly ambiguous, and the ambiguity will never cease as long as we…

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In fact, both words, individual and social, are hopelessly ambiguous, and the ambiguity will never cease as long as we think in terms of an antithesis.
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John Dewey

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Dewey points out the inherent ambiguity in the concepts of individual and social.

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