John Dewey: “Unfortunately, when the falsity of this view was perceived, it was replaced by the idea that states “grow” or develop…”

But he does so only at the cost of repression of those of his potentialities which can be realized only through membership in other groups.

Nothing better exhibits the scope of the movement than the fact that philosophic theories of knowledge made the same appeal to the self, or ego, in the form of personal consciousness identified with mind itself, that political theory made…

If one wishes to realize the distance which may lie between “facts” and the meaning of facts, let one go to the field of social discussion.

The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.