Nonfiction · 1859
On Liberty
“The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.” John Stuart Mill’s essay, published in 1859 and dedicated to his late wife Harriet Taylor Mill, is the classic statement of the liberal case for freedom of thought, speech and conduct, and of the limits of society’s authority over the individual.
The volume opens with an introduction by W. L. Courtney, carried over with the text from the Walter Scott edition of 1901. Mill’s essay follows complete in its five chapters — on liberty of thought and discussion, on individuality, on the limits of society’s authority over the individual, and on the applications of the principle.
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1806–1873 · Victorian
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