Walter Bagehot: “Every page of Aristotle and Plato bears ample and indelible trace of…”

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Every page of Aristotle and Plato bears ample and indelible trace of the age of discussion in which they lived; and thought cannot possibly be freer.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot reflects on the influence of the philosophical discourse of ancient thinkers like Aristotle and Plato on intellectual freedom.

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