"You can't have a good society without a good conception of the person."
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About Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor is a Canadian philosopher and political theorist known for his work on political philosophy and the nature of multiculturalism. He was born in 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, and studied at McGill University and the University of Oxford. Taylor has written extensively on topics such as the philosophy of language, social behavior, and ethics. His influential works have reshaped the debate on identity, democracy, and the place of culture in modern societies.
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