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John Dewey: Any human being is in one respect an association, consisting of a multitude of cells each living its own life.

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Any human being is in one respect an association, consisting of a multitude of cells each living its own life.
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John Dewey

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Dewey emphasizes the complexity of human beings as a collective of individual cells, highlighting the interconnectedness of life.

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