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John Dewey: “It is a practical problem of human beings living in association with one another, of mankind generically.”

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It is a practical problem of human beings living in association with one another, of mankind generically.
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John Dewey

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Dewey emphasizes that understanding the state is fundamentally a practical issue for people living together.

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