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John Dewey: “The magnifying of the physical realm at the cost of man is but an abdication and a flight.”

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The magnifying of the physical realm at the cost of man is but an abdication and a flight.
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John Dewey

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Dewey critiques the prioritization of the physical realm over human concerns.

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