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Introduction	Who Was John Dewey? Dewey is considered to have possessed one of the great minds of the twentieth century. His ideas regarding education were and are controversial, if often misrepresented by opponents. In the early 1930s, Dewey became the first honorary president of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City. His attachment to the ideas of Henry George was life-long: Henry George is one of the great names among the world's social philosophers. It would require less than the fingers of the two hands to enumerate those who, from Plato down, rank with him. ... No man, no graduate of a higher educational institution has a right to regard himself as educated in social thought unless he has some firsthand acquaintance with the theoretical contribution of this great American thinker.

Introduction

Who Was John Dewey? Dewey is considered to have possessed one of the great minds of the twentieth century. His ideas regarding education were and are controversial, if often misrepresented by opponents. In the early 1930s, Dewey became the first honorary president of the Henry George School of Social Science in New York City. His attachment to the ideas of Henry George was life-long: Henry George is one of the great names among the world's social philosophers. It would require less than the fingers of the two hands to enumerate those who, from Plato down, rank with him. ... No man, no graduate of a higher educational institution has a right to regard himself as educated in social thought unless he has some firsthand acquaintance with the theoretical contribution of this great American thinker.