It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various arbitrarily narrow formulations of the demands of rationality. (Amartya Sen)

It is important to reclaim for humanity the ground that has been taken from it by various arbitrarily narrow formulations of the demands of rationality.

Amartya Sen

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