John Dewey

Source context

This English passage is associated with The Quest for Certainty, within the tradition of Pragmatism. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of certainty, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In John Dewey's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

How to cite this quotation

APA: John Dewey. (n.d.). The quest for certainty…is a quest for a peace which is assured. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0347

MLA: John Dewey. “The quest for certainty…is a quest for a….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0347.

Chicago: John Dewey. “The quest for certainty…is a quest for a….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0347.