...its likings or dislikings should be a law to individuals." Accordingly his essay is an inquiry into the " nature and limits of the power which can be...legitimately exercised by society over the individual ;" and he does not confine it to investigating the legitimate degree of State interference, but, assuming...

...supposed, the philosophical or theological doctrine of Frcewill, but "Civil, or Social Liberty; the limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." He divides his subject into five chapters, which, though they do not at first sight look very systematie,...

...present Essay, Mr. Mill undertakes to discuss this question, or, as he states it in its broadest terms, 'the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society on the individual.' * On Liberty. By John Stuart Mill. London: JW Parker and Son. 1859. to convictions...

...Mr. Mill undertakes to discuss this question, or, as he states it in its broadest terms, 'tinnature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society on the individual.' The value of such an attempt is not to be measured simply by the conclusions arrived...

...diversity. — WIUIELH VON HUMBOLDT; Sphere and Duties of Government. ON LIBERTY. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. THE subject of this Essay is not the socalled Liberty...misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity ; but Chdl^or Social Lib-^ erty : the nature and-liroits of the power which can beie^ffiimately exercised...

...constitute our Union Foundations. On Liberty. By John Stuart Mill. 12mo, pp. 223. Ticknor & Fields, Boston. The subject of this essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed iu the misnamed ductrine of Philosophical Necessity. bdt Civil or Social Liberty, — the nature and...

...Government. . r. s ON LIBERTY. * CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTOKT. subject of this Essay is not the so-L called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately *' opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity fynt Civil, or Social Lib.rf' . iclT ' erty : thjjiature_andjim.its.*ef tibe. 4)QJ5f.er_ whiclTj |...

...touching closely upon the interests of man. This he did, early in 1859, in his essay on " Liberty," — " Civil or Social Liberty ; the ^Nature and Limits of...legitimately exercised by Society over the Individual." " There is • limit," he assorts, " to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual...

...precedes, and lays the foundation for all his opinions, is the treatise on "Liberty," in which he discusses "the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." He strikes at once to the heart of .his subject when he says that the question "powerfully influences...

...precedes, and lays the foundation for all his opinions, is the treatise on "Liberty," in which he discusses "the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." He strikes at once to the heart of his subject when he says that the question "powerfully influences...