John Dewey: “But it is, we repeat, mere mythology to attribute such unity of result…”

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But it is, we repeat, mere mythology to attribute such unity of result as exists (which is always easy to exaggerate) to single force or principle.

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John Dewey

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Dewey warns against oversimplifying historical outcomes by attributing them to single causes.

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We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.

But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.

That and that only gives reality to public opinion.

Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.

John Dewey: “But it is, we repeat, mere mythology to attribute such unity of result as exists (which is always easy to exaggerate) to…”