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I cannot believe that a man no longer master of himself is in any meaning sense free.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgI cannot believe that a man no longer master of himself is in any meaning sense free.
Laski argues that true freedom requires self-mastery and autonomy.
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