On LibertyJ. W. Parker and Son, 1859 - 207 páginas |
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... persecuted opinions now believed to be true . Let us take care , it may be said , not to make the same mistake : but governments and nations have made mistakes in other things , which are not denied to be fit subjects for the exercise ...
... persecuted opinions now believed to be true . Let us take care , it may be said , not to make the same mistake : but governments and nations have made mistakes in other things , which are not denied to be fit subjects for the exercise ...
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... persecuted Christianity . Placed at the summit of all the previous attainments of humanity , with an open , unfettered intellect , and a character which led him of himself to embody in his moral writings the Christian ideal , he yet ...
... persecuted Christianity . Placed at the summit of all the previous attainments of humanity , with an open , unfettered intellect , and a character which led him of himself to embody in his moral writings the Christian ideal , he yet ...
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... persecution of Chris- tianity . To my mind this is one of the most tra- gical facts in all history . It is a bitter thought , how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been , if the Christian faith had been adopted ...
... persecution of Chris- tianity . To my mind this is one of the most tra- gical facts in all history . It is a bitter thought , how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been , if the Christian faith had been adopted ...
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... persecuted because persecution cannot pos- sibly do it any harm , cannot be charged with being intentionally hostile to the reception of new truths ; but we cannot commend the generosity of its deal- ing with the persons to whom mankind ...
... persecuted because persecution cannot pos- sibly do it any harm , cannot be charged with being intentionally hostile to the reception of new truths ; but we cannot commend the generosity of its deal- ing with the persons to whom mankind ...
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... persecution , is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces , but which all expe- rience refutes . History teems with instances of truth put down by persecution . If not ...
... persecution , is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces , but which all expe- rience refutes . History teems with instances of truth put down by persecution . If not ...
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admit affect allowed argument asserted authority believe better Calvinistic cation cerns character Christian common compelled concerns conduct considerable contrary cracy creed custom deny desire despotism discussion doctrine duty enforced error ethics evil example exercise exist experience faculties feelings freedom grounds heretics human impulses individual infallibility intellect interests interference John Knox judgment justify legitimate liberty limit mankind Marcus Aurelius means ment mental mind mode moral nations nature necessary never object offence Parsees party penalties persecution persons political Poor Law Board practical prehension prevent principle profess Protestantism punishment purposes question racter reason received opinion recognised religion religious render require restraint rience rulers rules self-regarding sentiments side sion social social rights social stigma society Socrates strong supposed tendency things thought tical tion toleration true truth unless upin vidual whole Wilhelm von Humboldt wrong
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Página 33 - If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Página 101 - An opinion that corndealers are starvers of the poor, or that private property is robbery, ought to be unmolested when simply circulated through the press, but may justly incur punishment when delivered orally to an excited mob assembled before the house of a corn-dealer, or when handed about among the same mob in the form of a placard.
Página 190 - A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another ; and as the mould in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant power in the government, whether this be a monarch, a priesthood, an aristocracy, or the majority of the existing generation, in proportion as it is efficient and successful, it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by natural tendency to one over the body.
Página 106 - He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation.
Página 24 - I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions; but it must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being.
Página 7 - Liberty : the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.!
Página 33 - But I deny the right of the people to exercise such coercion, either by themselves or by their government. The power itself is illegitimate. The best government has no more title to it than the worst. It is as noxious, or more noxious, when exerted in accordance with public opinion than when in opposition to it.
Página 66 - ... struck between two sets of conflicting reasons. Even in natural philosophy there is always some other explanation possible of the same facts; some geocentric theory instead of heliocentric, some phlogiston instead of oxygen; and it has to be shown why that other theory cannot be the true one; and until this is shown, and until we know how it is shown, we do not understand the grounds of our opinion.
Página 140 - ... unfair or ungenerous use of advantages over them; even selfish abstinence from defending them against injury— these are fit objects of moral reprobation, and, in grave cases, of moral retribution and punishment. And not only these acts, but the dispositions which lead to them, are properly immoral, and fit subjects of disapprobation which may rise to abhorrence.
Página 145 - I fully admit that the mischief which a person does to himself, may seriously affect, both through their sympathies and their interests, those nearly connected with him, and in a minor degree, society at large.
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What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition) Alan F. Chalmers Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |