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Each of us desires the good as he sees it; and each of us sees a good derived from an individual and separate experience into which no other person can fully enter.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Each of us desires the good as he sees it; and each of us sees a good derived from an individual and separate experience…”
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Laski highlights that each person's understanding of the good is shaped by their unique experiences.
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