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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... less than against external enemies . To prevent the weaker mem- bers of the community from being preyed upon by innumerable vultures , it was needful that there should be an animal of prey stronger than the rest , commissioned to keep ...
... less than against external enemies . To prevent the weaker mem- bers of the community from being preyed upon by innumerable vultures , it was needful that there should be an animal of prey stronger than the rest , commissioned to keep ...
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... less , to submit . It was not so with the second ; and , to attain this , or when already in some degree pos- sessed , to attain it more completely , became every- where the principal object of the lovers of liberty . And so long as ...
... less , to submit . It was not so with the second ; and , to attain this , or when already in some degree pos- sessed , to attain it more completely , became every- where the principal object of the lovers of liberty . And so long as ...
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... less , however , as a matter of reason , and on their own account , than as a consequence of the sympathies and antipathies which grew out of them and sympathies and antipathies which had little or nothing to do with the interests of ...
... less , however , as a matter of reason , and on their own account , than as a consequence of the sympathies and antipathies which grew out of them and sympathies and antipathies which had little or nothing to do with the interests of ...
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... less enlightened times , have persecuted opinions now believed to be true . Let us take care , it may be said , not to make the same mis- take : but governments and nations have made mis- takes in other things , which are not denied to ...
... less enlightened times , have persecuted opinions now believed to be true . Let us take care , it may be said , not to make the same mis- take : but governments and nations have made mis- takes in other things , which are not denied to ...
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... less than infallibility may , it is main- tained , warrant , and even bind , governments , to act on their own opinion , confirmed by the general opinion of mankind . It is also often argued , and still oftener thought , that none but ...
... less than infallibility may , it is main- tained , warrant , and even bind , governments , to act on their own opinion , confirmed by the general opinion of mankind . It is also often argued , and still oftener thought , that none but ...
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Página 7 - The subject of this essay is not the so-called "liberty of the will," so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of philosophical necessity; but civil, or social liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.
Página 21 - Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection.
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What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition) Alan F. Chalmers Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |