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Democracy and Education

By: John Dewey

...is Reason. Against institutions as they are, individuals have no spiritual rights; personal de- velopment, and nurture, consist in obedient assimilati... ...n that has nothing to do with the experi- enced facts of life, it is found indigenous in experience:— the factor by which past experiences are purifie... ...terest in some mode of scientific achievement; and by sensitiveness to the rights and claims of others —con- scientiousness. And while these considera... ...class of more or less organized factory laborers with recognized political rights, and who make claims for a responsible role in the control of indust... ...development of Protestantism, the times were ripe for an emphasis upon the rights and duties of the individual in achieving knowledge for himself. Thi... ...ophic interpretation of these movements would, indeed, have emphasized the rights and responsi- bilities of the individual in gaining knowledge and pe...

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