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In this distinction we find the germ of the distinction between the private and the public.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “In this distinction we find the germ of the distinction between the private and the public.”
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Dewey identifies a fundamental distinction between private and public concerns based on the consequences of actions.
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