John Dewey: “They are taken to be foes of whatever is of ideal value in life…”

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They are taken to be foes of whatever is of ideal value in life, instead of as conditions of its manifestation and sustained being.

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John Dewey

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Dewey argues that viewing material conditions as adversaries to ideals undermines their role in human existence.

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John Dewey: “They are taken to be foes of whatever is of ideal value in life, instead of as conditions of its manifestation and…”