THE ATHENAEUMOn LibertyJohn Stuart Mill
Philosophy
On Liberty
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textMill’s essay of 1859 argues that the only reason for which power may rightly be used over anyone, against their will, is to prevent harm to others. He dedicated it to the memory of his wife, Harriet Taylor Mill, whose thinking he said was in all of it. Its chapter on freedom of thought is quoted whenever that freedom is in trouble.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 3 hr 30 min
- Where to find it
- The Lost Property Office, down the book lift in the west wing
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #34901. In the public domain in the United States.