John Dewey Quotes about Past

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Knowledge is humanistic in quality not because it is about human products in the past, but because of what it does in liberating human intelligence and human sympathy. Any subject matter which accomplishes this result

Knowledge is humanistic in quality not because it is about human products in the past, but because of what it does in liberating human intelligence and human sympathy. Any subject matter which accomplishes this result is humane, and any subject matter which does not accomplish it is not even educational.

John Dewey

Educational, Past, Quality

John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education: Top American Authors”, p.173, 谷月社

Every serious-minded person knows that a large part of the effort required in moral discipline consists in the courage needed to acknowledge the unpleasant consequences of one's past and present acts.

John Dewey

Past, Discipline, Effort

John Dewey (2015). “Reconstruction in Philosophy: Top American Authors”, p.47, 谷月社

Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals.

John Dewey

Past, History, Imagination

John Dewey (1970). “Characters and events: popular essays in social and political philosophy”

A man really living alone (alone mentally as well as physically) would have little or no occasion to reflect upon his past experience to extract its net meaning.

John Dewey

Past, Men, Littles

John Dewey (2012). “Democracy and Education”, p.11, Courier Corporation