On LibertyLongmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869 - 223 páginas On Liberty is a philosophical work by 19th century English philosopher John Stuart Mill, first published in 1859. To the Victorian readers of the time it was a radical work, advocating moral and economic freedom of individuals from the state. |
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... causes which influence their wishes in regard to the conduct of others , and which are as numerous as those which determine their wishes on any other subject . Sometimes their reason - at other times their prejudices or superstitions ...
... causes which influence their wishes in regard to the conduct of others , and which are as numerous as those which determine their wishes on any other subject . Sometimes their reason - at other times their prejudices or superstitions ...
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... cause in defence of freedom , with heretics generally . The only case in which the higher ground has been taken on principle and maintained with consistency , by any but an individual here and there , is that of religious belief : a ...
... cause in defence of freedom , with heretics generally . The only case in which the higher ground has been taken on principle and maintained with consistency , by any but an individual here and there , is that of religious belief : a ...
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... cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction , and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury . The latter case , it is true , requires a much more cautious exercise of compulsion than the former ...
... cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction , and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury . The latter case , it is true , requires a much more cautious exercise of compulsion than the former ...
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... cause it is a kind of case in which he is on the whole likely to act better , when left to his own discretion , than when controlled in any way in which society have it in their power to control him ; or because the attempt to exercise ...
... cause it is a kind of case in which he is on the whole likely to act better , when left to his own discretion , than when controlled in any way in which society have it in their power to control him ; or because the attempt to exercise ...
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... , and that the same causes which make him a Churchman in London , would have made him a Buddhist or a Confucian in Pekin . Yet it is as evident in itself , as any amount of argument can make it , that C 2 THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION . 35.
... , and that the same causes which make him a Churchman in London , would have made him a Buddhist or a Confucian in Pekin . Yet it is as evident in itself , as any amount of argument can make it , that C 2 THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION . 35.
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What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition) Alan F. Chalmers Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |