Harold J. Laski: “It is the great defect of all idealistic philosophy that it should…”

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It is the great defect of all idealistic philosophy that it should come to the examination of facts in so optimistic a temper.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski critiques idealistic philosophy for its overly optimistic approach to facts.

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