Peace in Motion John Dewey and the Aesthetics of Well-Being

«The assumption of 'intellectualism' goes contrary to the facts of what is primarily experienced. For things are objects to be treated, used, acted upon and with, enjoyed and endured, even more than things to be known. They are things had before they are things cognized...If we start from primary experience, occurring as it does chiefly in modes of action and undergoing, it is easy to see what knowledge contributes - namely, the possibility of intelligent administration of the elements of doing and suffering.»
(John Dewey, Experience & Nature)
«We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized and unique. And consequently judgments as to acts to be performed must be similarly specific. To say that a man seeks health or justice is only to say that he seeks to live healthy or justly. These things, like truth, are adverbial.»
(John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy)