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On Liberty, his classic treatise published in 1859, emphasized the importance of toleration and stressed that multiple ethical codes could coexist peacefully in a given society.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
In his philosophical treatise "On Liberty," Mill notes that action cannot be as free as speech.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2021
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill I read this as an A-level student and it blew me away.
From The Guardian • May 23, 2020
Mill, also an MP and economist, is best known for his essay, On Liberty.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2018
It is an interesting fact that Stuart Mill's book On Liberty appeared in the same year as The Origin of Species.
From Evolution in Modern Thought by Weismann, August
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