Nothing better exhibits the scope of the movement than the fact that philosophic theories of knowledge made the same appeal to the self, or ego, in the form of personal consciousness identified with mind itself, that political theory made to the natural individual, as the court of ultimate resort.
Dewey draws parallels between philosophical theories of knowledge and political theories regarding individual rights.
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