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John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

Examine the claims of individual freedom against social authority, and ask what a community loses when disagreement becomes impossible.

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Contents

  1. Dedication to Harriet Taylor Mill
  2. Chapter 1: Introductory
  3. Chapter 2: Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion
  4. Chapter 3: Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Well-Being
  5. Chapter 4: Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual
  6. Chapter 5: Applications

About this text

John Stuart Mill. Digital source: Project Gutenberg, ebook 34901. This reading text follows the edition used in our interactive reader.

Includes all five chapters and their notes. Mill’s dedication has been restored from the source edition. W. L. Courtney’s biographical introduction is outside this reading text.

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