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Liberty consists in being able to obey your own will and conscience rather than the will and conscience of others. The question is how far can that liberty be pressed how far is it right for society to respect and safe guard that liberty in the case of each in dividual, or how far must it be restricted for the common good, for the sake of the liberty of others or for any other sufficient object. Now this question has been considered by many great men, and in particular I would direct your attention to the treatment of the subject by John Stuart Mill. His powers of exposition were certainly equal to any topic however difficult, and the singular lucidity of expression of which he was a master makes it always convenient to treat his writings as a theme - as a peg on which to hang other speculations. Now his solution of the.
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Liberty consists in being able to obey your own will and conscience rather than the will and conscience of others. The question is how far can that liberty be pressed how far is it right for society to respect and safe guard that liberty in the case of each in dividual, or how far must it be restricted for the common good, for the sake of the liberty of others or for any other sufficient object. Now this question has been considered by many great men, and in particular I would direct your attention to the treatment of the subject by John Stuart Mill. His powers of exposition were certainly equal to any topic however difficult, and the singular lucidity of expression of which he was a master makes it always convenient to treat his writings as a theme - as a peg on which to hang other speculations. Now his solution of the.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2020
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- ISBN 13 9781331489979
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages70
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