John Dewey Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: October 20, 1859 - June 1, 1952
Birthday: October 20
Death: June 1
The notion that "applied" knowledge is somehow less worthy than "pure" knowledge, was natural to a society in which all useful work was performed by slaves and serfs, and in which industry was controlled by the models set by custom rather than by intelligence. Science, or the highest knowing, was then identified with pure theorizing, apart from all application in the uses of life; and knowledge relating to useful arts suffered the stigma attaching to the classes who engaged in them.
source: John Dewey (1980). “The Middle Works, 1899-1924”, p.237, SIU Press
topic: Art, Knowledge, Class, Stigma, Serfs
