On the Private Life of a Public Philosopher: John Dewey in Love.

Westbrook, Robert B.

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ERIC Number: EJ498397

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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On the Private Life of a Public Philosopher: John Dewey in Love.

Westbrook, Robert B.

Teachers College Record, v96 n2 p183-97 Win 1994

Paper argues that one of the most significant and best documented moments in John Dewey's private life, his love affair with Aniza Yezierska, sheds considerable light not only on his character but also on the strengths and weaknesses of his philosophical conception of the moral life. (Author/SM)

Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Individual Characteristics, Individual Development, Individualism, Love, Moral Values, Personal Narratives

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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