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The argument, at bottom, is common to all thinkers over-impressed by the sanctity of past experience.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The argument, at bottom, is common to all thinkers over-impressed by the sanctity of past experience.”
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Laski reflects on the commonality of arguments among thinkers who value historical experience.
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The contract is thus not general as with Hobbes but limited and specific in character.
I can see no justice in such a denial of freedom.
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