“ Men live in a community in virtue of the things which they have in common ”
John Dewey, Democracy and Education (1916). copy citation
Author | John Dewey |
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Source | Democracy and Education |
Topic | virtue community |
Date | 1916 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/852/852-h/852-h.htm |
Context
“Society not only continues to exist by transmission, by communication, but it may fairly be said to exist in transmission, in communication. There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication. Men live in a community in virtue of the things which they have in common; and communication is the way in which they come to possess things in common. What they must have in common in order to form a community or society are aims, beliefs, aspirations, knowledge—a common understanding—like-mindedness as the sociologists say.”
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