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The different theories which mark political philosophy do not grow up externally to the facts which they aim to interpret; they are amplifications of selected factors among those facts.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “The different theories which mark political philosophy do not grow up externally to the facts which they aim to…”
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Dewey argues that political theories are derived from and reflect the facts they seek to explain.
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