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Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.
Approximate author period: c. 1905 AD · modern
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- John Dewey
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- Approximate author period: c. 1905 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for John Dewey: life dates 1859 to 1952. Wikidata Q131805, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131805 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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