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Man is a one among many obstinately refusing reduction to unity.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “Man is a one among many obstinately refusing reduction to unity.”
Editor's note · Context
Laski asserts that individuals cannot be reduced to a singular identity, highlighting the complexity of human existence.
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He is able, accordingly, to indulge in the twofold luxury not only of preserving his own authority, but also of assisting the persons attacked to enter, if they so choose, the way of truth.
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