Tao Te Ching

“The task of philosophy is to clarify our ideas about contemporary social and moral conflicts. It's purpose is to become—as far as humanly possible—an organ for dealing with these conflicts... Philosophy is a catholic and far-sighted theory about our adjustments to the conflicting factors of life.”

— John Dewey 1859 – 1952 CE via Shan Dao
The "Second Confucius"
from Creative Intelligence, 1917