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Democracy and Education

By: John Dewey

...Series Publication Democracy and Education by John Dewey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18202-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...chief business of life at every point to make living thus contribute to an enrichment of its own perceptible meaning. We thus reach a technical defini... ...ent according to nature, social efficiency, and culture or personal mental enrichment. In each case we have seen that the aims when partially stated c... ...hanical) are external; they are shifting things about. No ideal reward, no enrichment of emotion and intellect, accompanies them. Others contribute to... ...e of shar- ing in the consequences of what goes on, flows one of the chief paradoxes of thought. Born in partiality, in or- der to accomplish its task... ... difficulties and distraction. 3. Intelligence and Character. A noteworthy paradox of- ten accompanies discussions of morals. On the one hand, there i...

...Excerpt: Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow...

...Contents Chapter One: Education as a Necessity of Life .............................................................................. 5 Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function .............................................................................. 14 Chapter Th...

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