Generalizations

Examples

• When men identified their interests exclusively with the concerns of a narrow group, their generalizations were correspondingly restricted. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They involved an assertion of the unity of God and some acceptable generalizations about righteousness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If those were the generalizations of a tired business man after a heavy dinner and a big cigar, they would still seem rather muddled and useless. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The philosophers soon reached certain generalizations from this state of affairs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Getting command of technique and of methods of reaching and testing generalizations is at first secondary to getting appreciation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• It is for the sciences to say what generalizations are tenable about the world and what they specifically are. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• They are nothing but generalizations, more or less adequate, of concrete goods. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Between us and the realities of social life we build up a mass of generalizations, abstract ideas, ancient glories, and personal wishes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

Typed by Angelo