The creation of a tabula rasa in order to permit the creation of a new order is so impossible as to set at naught both the hope of buoyant revolutionaries and the timidity of scared conservatives.
Dewey critiques the idea of starting anew without acknowledging the influence of the past, relevant for discussions on social change.
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