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R. G. Collingwood - The essence of this conception is....
The essence of this conception is.. the idea of a community as governing itself by fostering the free expression of all political opinions that take shape within it, and finding some means of reducing this multiplicity of opinions to a unity. (R. G. Collingwood)

The essence of this conception is.. the idea of a community as governing itself by fostering the free expression of all political opinions that take shape within it, and finding some means of reducing this multiplicity of opinions to a unity.

R. G. Collingwood

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