| Description |
1 online resource (185 pages) |
| Series |
Mobi Classics |
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Mobi Classics
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| Contents |
Go to top; CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTORY; CHAPTER III: ON INDIVIDUALITY, AS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF WELLBEING; CHAPTER IV: OF THE LIMITS TO THE AUTHORITY OF SOCIETY OVER THE INDIVIDUAL; CHAPTER V: APPLICATIONS; 9; 8; 7; 6; 5; 4; 3; 2; 1; John Stuart Mill Biography |
| Summary |
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. Perhaps the most memorable point made by Mill in this work, and his basis for liberty, is that "Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign". Mill is compelled to say this in opposition to what he calls the "tyranny of the majority", wherein through control of etiquette and morality, society is an unelected pow |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Liberty.
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Freedom
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freedom.
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Liberty
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780141946399 |
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0141946393 |
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