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If so, an individual, whatever else it is or is not, is not just the spatially isolated thing our imagination inclines to take it to be.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “If so, an individual, whatever else it is or is not, is not just the spatially isolated thing our imagination inclines…”
Editor's note · Context
This quote asserts that an individual cannot be merely viewed as an isolated entity, emphasizing relational aspects.
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