Hmmm.
In searching this one out for curiosity, I've come across
citations attributed also to Einstein as well as Lewin.
Fewer to Dewey, though.
Apparently - without checking - Kolb (1984, p.9) cites
J Dewey...
Peter Morgan
Faculty Development
University of Bradford School of Management
Bradford, UK
On Sun, 9 Oct 2005
11:57:14 +0000 "nickols@att.net" <
nickols@att.net> wrote:
> One person has already indicated that the quote so often
attributed to Kurt Lewin (and which he did indeed say) owes
to John Dewey. From another list, I've heard that it owes
also to Kant. See the comment below...
>
> > I thought that the quote came from Emmanuel Kant:
>
> > Es gibt nichts praktischeres als eine gute Theorie.
Immanuel Kant 1724-1804
>
> I guess there's nothing so practical as a good quote.
>
> Regards,
>
> Fred Nickols
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