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" Endless ends" is a way of saying that there are no ends — that is no fixed self-enclosed finalities. While however we cannot actually prevent change from occurring we can and do regard it as evil. We strive to retain action in ditches already dug. We... "
Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology - Page 232
by John Dewey - 1922 - 336 pages
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Human Nature and Conduct: An Introduction to Social Psychology

John Dewey - Habit - 1922 - 358 pages
...intelligence in guiding action, instrumental to freeing and harmonizing troubled and divided tendencies ? The answer is virtually contained in what was earlier...upon them to keep them shooting in season and out, some wearied soul would soon propound to willing listeners the theory that shooting was unnatural,...
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The Philosophy of John Dewey, Volume 10

John Dewey - Philosophy - 1928 - 602 pages
...intelligence in guiding action, instrumental to freefflg~ancTharmonizing troubled and divided tendencies? The answer is virtually contained in what was earlier...upon them to keep them shooting in season and out, some wearied soul would soon propound to willing listeners the theory that shooting was unnatural,...
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Dewey and His Critics: Essays from the Journal of Philosophy

John Dewey - Philosophy - 1977 - 758 pages
...the shaping of morality. This recurrent Deweyan theme is illustrated in the following passage : ... As we have said, men did not begin to shoot because...upon them to keep them shooting in season and out, some wearied soul would soon propound to willing listeners the theory that shooting was unnatural,...
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Pragmatism and Political Theory: From Dewey to Rorty

Matthew Festenstein - Philosophy - 1997 - 258 pages
...They made things into targets by shooting at them, and then made special targets to make shooting more interesting. But if generation after generation were...upon them to keep them shooting in season and out, some wearied soul would soon propound to willing listeners the theory that shooting was unnatural,...
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Pragmatism and Political Theory: From Dewey to Rorty

Matthew Festenstein - Philosophy - 1997 - 256 pages
...illuminated by noting Dewey's use of an Aristotelian analogy in a fable told in Human Nature and Conduct. Men did not begin to shoot because there were ready-made...and then made special targets to make shooting more interesting. But if generation after generation were shown targets they had had no part in constructing,...
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