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Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.

Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.

John Dewey
Mother, Nature, Home
John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Abraham Kaplan (2008). “The Later Works of John Dewey, 1925-1953, Volume 10: 1934, Art as Experience”, p.34, SIU Press

Nature as a whole is a progressive realization of purpose strictly comparable to the realization of purpose in any single plant or animal.

John Dewey
Nature, Animal, Purpose
William James, John Dewey, John M. Capps, Donald Capps (2005). “James and Dewey on Belief and Experience”, p.181, University of Illinois Press

Man's home is nature; his purposes and aims are dependent for execution upon natural conditions. Separated from such conditions they become empty dreams and idle indulgences of fancy.

John Dewey
Dream, Nature, Home
John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Sidney Hook (2008). “The Middle Works of John Dewey, 1899-1924, Volume 9: 1916, Democracy and Education”, p.294, SIU Press

Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.

John Dewey
Death, Nature, Mean

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