Book description
In one of the most influential philosophical works ever writer, John
Stuart Mill explores the risks and responsibilities of liberty.
Examining the tyranny that can come both from government and from the
herd-like opinion of the majority, Mill proposes a freedom to think,
unite, and pursue our pleasures as the most important freedoms, as long
as we cause no harm to others. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some
books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see
ourselves ? and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and
revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted.
They have enriched lives ? and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you
the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries
whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. John
Stuart Mill was born in London in 1806. He became a leading
philosophical radical, active as a propagandist in their intellectual
and reforming pursuits. In 1826, he began to rethink his stance and
examine alternative positions offered by Coleridge and Carlyle. His
major works include ON LIBERTY, UTILITARIANISM and THE SUBJUGATION OF
WOMEN
