Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental …

John Dewey
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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. ✨ John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston (1977). The Poems of John Dewey, p.61, SIU Press
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