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Then there exists something truly social and not merely associative.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “Then there exists something truly social and not merely associative.”
Editor's note · Context
Dewey asserts that true social existence arises from meaningful connections rather than mere associations.
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