Pragmatism ... reflects with almost disarming candor the spirit of the prevailing business culture, the very same attitude of ‘being practical' as counter to which philosophical meditation as such was conceived. (Max Horkheimer)

Pragmatism ... reflects with almost disarming candor the spirit of the prevailing business culture, the very same attitude of ‘being practical' as counter to which philosophical meditation as such was conceived.

Max Horkheimer

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