tailieunhanh - On Liberty

the beloved and deplored memory of her who was the inspirer, and in part the author, of all that is best in my writings—the friend and wife whose exalted sense of truth and right was my strongest incitement, and whose approbation was my chief reward—I dedicate this volume. Like all that I have written for many years, it belongs as much to her as to me; but the work as it stands has had, in a very insufficient degree, the inestimable advantage of her revision; some of the most important portions having been reserved for a more careful re-examination, which they are now never destined to receive. Were. | feedboo is On Liberty Mill John Stuart Published 1859 Categorie s Non-Fiction Philosophy Source Feedbooks 1 About Mill John Stuart Mill 20 May 1806 - 8 May 1873 English philosopher political theorist political economist civil servant and Member of Parliament was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century whose works on liberty justified freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He was an exponent of utilitarianism an ethical theory developed by Jeremy Bentham although his conception of it was very different from Bentham s. He clearly set forth the premises of the scientific method. Also available on Feedbooks for Mill Utilitarianism 1863 Note This book is brought to you by Feedbooks http Strictly for personal use do not use this file for commercial purposes. 2 The grand leading principle towards which every argument unfolded in these pages directly converges is the absolute and essential importance of human development in its richest diversity. Wilhelm von Humboldt Sphere and Duties of Government