Not perfection as a final goal, but the ever-enduring process of perfe…

John Dewey
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Not perfection as a final goal, but the ever-enduring process of perfecting, maturing, refining is the aim of living. ✨ John Dewey (2015). Reconstruction in Philosophy: Top American Authors, p.82, 谷月社
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