On LibertyLongmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869 - 223 páginas 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. |
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... modes of limitation , the ruling power , in most European countries , was compelled , more or less , to submit . It was not so with the second ; and , to attain this , or when already in some degree pos- sessed , to attain it more ...
... modes of limitation , the ruling power , in most European countries , was compelled , more or less , to submit . It was not so with the second ; and , to attain this , or when already in some degree pos- sessed , to attain it more ...
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... could afford to trust them with power of which it could itself dictate the use to be made . Their power was but the nation's own power , concentrated , and in a form convenient for exercise . This mode of 10 INTRODUCTORY .
... could afford to trust them with power of which it could itself dictate the use to be made . Their power was but the nation's own power , concentrated , and in a form convenient for exercise . This mode of 10 INTRODUCTORY .
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John Stuart Mill. in a form convenient for exercise . This mode of thought , or rather perhaps of feeling , was common among the last generation of European liberalism , in the Continental section of which it still appa- rently ...
John Stuart Mill. in a form convenient for exercise . This mode of thought , or rather perhaps of feeling , was common among the last generation of European liberalism , in the Continental section of which it still appa- rently ...
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... mode of government in dealing with barbarians , provided the end be their improvement , and the means justified by actually effecting that end . Liberty , as a principle , has no application to any state of things anterior to the time ...
... mode of government in dealing with barbarians , provided the end be their improvement , and the means justified by actually effecting that end . Liberty , as a principle , has no application to any state of things anterior to the time ...
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... mode of thinking which may have been admis- sible in small republics surrounded by powerful enemies , in constant peril of being subverted by foreign attack or internal commotion , and to which even a short interval of relaxed energy ...
... mode of thinking which may have been admis- sible in small republics surrounded by powerful enemies , in constant peril of being subverted by foreign attack or internal commotion , and to which even a short interval of relaxed energy ...
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What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition) Alan F. Chalmers Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |