Harold J. Laski: “Experience is to be the test of truth, since history is philosophy…”

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Experience is to be the test of truth, since history is philosophy teaching by example.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the importance of experience in understanding truth through historical examples.

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Harold J. Laski: “Experience is to be the test of truth, since history is philosophy teaching by example.”