“ The savage is merely habituated; the civilized man has habits which transform the environment. ”
John Dewey, Democracy and Education (1916). copy citation
| Author | John Dewey |
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| Source | Democracy and Education |
| Topic | environment habit |
| Date | 1916 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/852/852-h/852-h.htm |
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“it searches the world for plants and animals that will flourish under such conditions; it improves, by careful selection, those which are growing there. As a consequence, the wilderness blossoms as a rose. The savage is merely habituated; the civilized man has habits which transform the environment.
The significance of habit is not exhausted, however, in its executive and motor phase. It means formation of intellectual and emotional disposition as well as an increase in ease, economy, and efficiency of action.”
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