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Born 1806 in London Borough of Islington · Died 1873 in Avignon
writer · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · associated with atheism, egalitarianism
Notable works: On Liberty, Autobiography, Considerations on Representative Government
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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive
Auguste Comte and Positivism
Autobiography
Considerations on Representative Government
On Liberty
course edition cited: 1956 ·
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Principles of Political Economy: Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes
The Subjection of Women
Utilitarianism
On Liberty and the Subjection of Women
Principles of Political Economy
Also by John Stuart Mill: read here A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive, 7th Edition, Vol. I
A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive, 7th Edition, Vol. II
Essays on some unsettled Questions of Political Economy
Socialism
The Contest in America
La libertà
Om Tanke- och Yttrandefrihet
Vapaudesta
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From Project Gutenberg e-text #34901 (public domain in the USA).
He who knows only his own side of the case, knows little of that.
II. OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION Read in context → Copy Share The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.
I. INTRODUCTORY Read in context → Copy Share All 12 quotes from On Liberty →
From Project Gutenberg e-text #11224 (public domain in the USA).
It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.
II. WHAT UTILITARIANISM IS Read in context → Copy Share The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.
II. WHAT UTILITARIANISM IS Read in context → Copy Share From Project Gutenberg e-text #27083 (public domain in the USA).
The subjection of women to men being a universal custom, any departure from it quite naturally appears unnatural.
Chapter I Read in context → Copy Share From Project Gutenberg e-text #30107 (public domain in the USA).
The laws and conditions of the Production of Wealth partake of the character of physical truths.
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