The individual, before it can determine itself, is determined by the relations in which it is enmeshed. "It is a fellow-being before it is a being.”. (Russell Jacoby)

The individual, before it can determine itself, is determined by the relations in which it is enmeshed. "It is a fellow-being before it is a being.”.

Russell Jacoby

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