Abstract
John Dewey's private life has been relatively unexplored by biographers, historians, and students of his philosophy, in large measure because the sources are so limited. Yet there are aspects of his private experience that are available to us, and analyzing them more closely than we have might well serve to enhance our understanding of the man and his thought. This article argues that one of the most significant and best documented moments in Dewey's private life, his love affair with writer Anzia Yezierska, sheds considerable light not only on Dewey's character but also on the strengths and weaknesses of his philosophical conception of the moral life.
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