Suspicions of collective effort in the eighteenth century ought not to mean suspicion in the twentieth; to think in such fashion is to fall into the error for which Lassalle so finely criticized Hegel.
This quote critiques the skepticism towards collective efforts in the eighteenth century, advocating for a more open-minded approach in the twentieth century.
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