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J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
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The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of
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“True beings are lived in the present, the life of objects is lived in the past.”
― I and Thou
― I and Thou
“If one could know whether among that glittering host there were here and there other spirit-inhabited grains of rock and metal, whether man’s blundering search for wisdom and for love was a sole and insignificant tremor, or part of a universal movement!”
― Star Maker
― Star Maker
“A talent for following the ways of yesterday’, declared King Wu-ling in 307 BC, ‘is not sufficient to improve the world of today.”
― The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
― The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
“Between propriety and joy choose joy.”
― Feel Free: Essays
― Feel Free: Essays
“I am seized by two contradictory feelings: there is so much beauty in the world it is incredible that we are ever miserable for a moment; there is so much shit in the world that it is incredible we are ever happy for a moment.”
― Feel Free: Essays
― Feel Free: Essays
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