John Dewey: “It is not a natural possession but is a fruit of the community when…”

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It is not a natural possession but is a fruit of the community when its action is directed by its character as a community.

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John Dewey

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This quote asserts that equality is a product of community dynamics rather than an inherent trait.

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The problem of securing diffused and seminal intelligence can be solved only in the degree in which local communal life becomes a reality.

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

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

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

John Dewey: “It is not a natural possession but is a fruit of the community when its action is directed by its character as a…”