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A novel idea is the kind of thing that has to occur to somebody in the singular sense.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “A novel idea is the kind of thing that has to occur to somebody in the singular sense.”
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Dewey asserts that novel ideas must originate from an individual, emphasizing the singularity of creativity.
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