John Dewey Quotes


The development of science has produced an industrial revolution which has brought different peoples in such close contact with one another through colonization and commerce that no matter how some nations may still look down upon others, no country can harbor the illusion that its career is decided wholly within itself.


Context

This is an incredibly prescient quotation. Dewey saw globalization starting before most realized the change. He wrote this in 1916. Almost a century later, we live with the results of the process that he described.


Citations

John Dewey, 1859-1952, Philosopher & Educator, Democracy and Education, 1916

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John Dewey
John Dewey
  • Born: October 20, 1859
  • Died: June 1, 1952
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Philosopher

John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.