An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through r…

John Dewey
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An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force. ✨ John Dewey (2015). How We Think: Top American Authors, p.87, 谷月社
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An idea is a method of evading, circumventing or surmounting through reflection, obstacles that otherwise would have to be attacked by brute force. ✨ John Dewey (2015). How We Think: Top American Authors, p.87, 谷月社

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