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Harold J. Laski: What is wrong in them is their erection upon the basis of passion and their insistence that reason shall serve what that…

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What is wrong in them is their erection upon the basis of passion and their insistence that reason shall serve what that passion is seeking to protect.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that systems built on passion rather than reason are fundamentally flawed.

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