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Full Idea
All habits are demands for certain kinds of activity; and they constitute the self.
Gist of Idea
Habits constitute the self
Source
John Dewey (The Middle Works (15 vols, ed Boydston) [1910], 14:22), quoted by David Hildebrand - Dewey 1 'Acts'
Book Ref
Hildebrand,David: 'Dewey' [One World 2008], p.25
A Reaction
Not an idea I have encountered elsewhere. He emphasises that habits are not repeated actions, but are dispositions. I'm not clear whether these habits must be conscious.