Lebenskünstler

Dewey – The Art of Life

Posted in Uncategorized by dilettanteventures on 09/05/2012

From Outline of a Critical Theory of Ethics (1891!!!) – John Dewey

If the necessary part played in conduct by artistic cultivation is not so plain, it is largely because ‘Art’ has been made such an unreal Fetich [sic] – a sort of superfine and extraneous polish to be acquired only by specially cultivated people. In reality, living is itself the supreme art…

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