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John Dewey: “But control of these conditions will not determine the uses to which human beings will put their normalized…”

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But control of these conditions will not determine the uses to which human beings will put their normalized potentialities.
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John Dewey

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Dewey asserts that controlling conditions does not dictate how individuals will utilize their potential.

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