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No longer will views generated in view of special situations be frozen into absolute standards and masquerade as eternal truths.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgNo longer will views generated in view of special situations be frozen into absolute standards and masquerade as eternal truths.
Dewey critiques the tendency to treat situational views as absolute truths.
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