The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality. (Herbert Read)

The point I am making is that in the more primitive forms of society the individual is merely a unit; in more developed forms of society he is an independent personality.

Herbert Read

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