“Individuality, conceived as a temporal development involves uncertainty, indeterminacy, or contingency. Individuality is the source of whatever is unpredictable in the world.”

—  John Dewey

Time and Individuality (1940)

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American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer 1859–1952

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