"The moment philosophy supposes it can find a……" — John Dewey
"The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either apologetics or propaganda."
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205 Quotes by John Dewey
John Dewey has 205 quotes on this site.
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Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply…
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There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication.... Try the experiment of communicating, with…
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Without initiation into the scientific spirit one is not in possession of the best tools humanity has so far devised…
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Men have never fully used [their] powers to advance the good in life, because they have waited upon some power…
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The great waste comes from [the child's] inability to utilize the experience he gets outside of school in any complete…
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I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social…
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I believe that the school is primarily a social institution. Education being a social process, the school is simply that…
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I believe that the teacher's place and work in the school is to be interpreted from this same basis. The…
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I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.
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The central problem of an education based upon experience is to select the kind of present experience that live fruitfully…
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Insight into soul-action, ability to discriminate the genuine from the sham and capacity to further one and discourage the other.
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Mankind likes to think in terms of extreme opposites.
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More Apologetic Quotes
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I'm not apologetic with respect to the policies of the Bush administration. I think we basically got it right.
— Dick Cheney
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I'm noticing an exciting trend around the country: a resurgence of interest in Christian apologetics (the defense of the faith).…
— Lee Strobel
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When the enemy's envoy's speak in humble terms, but continues his preparations, he will advance. When their language is deceptive…
— Sun Tzu
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I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it…
— Alexander P. de Seversky
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We need a new apologetic, geared to the needs of today, which keeps in mind that our task is not…
— Pope John Paul II
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If writing with a goal - whether it be evangelistic, apologetic, or didactic - implies propaganda, then all recorded history…
— Paul Copan
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I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected…
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not…
— John Steinbeck
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For me, apologetics proved to be the turning point of my life and eternity. I'm thankful for the scholars who…
— Lee Strobel
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It's no longer enough to teach our children Bible stories; they need doctrine and apologetics.
— William Lane Craig
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The church has lost her testimony. She has no longer anything to say to the world. Her once robust shout…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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You mark my words: Whenever a cult attacks Christianity, the first place they're going to go is they're going to…
— Paul Washer
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