Dissertations and DiscussionsEven the scattered thoughts of a great thinker are worth pondering, and here are the "miscellaneous productions" of John Stuart Mill, one of the foremost intellectuals of the late 19th century. Collected by the author and first published in book form in 1867, these are writings originally appearing in periodicals that Mill considered "desirable to preserve." Volume III of this three-volume set includes the essays: [ "Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform" [ "Recent Writers on Reform" [ "Bain's Psychology" [ "A Few Words on Non-Intervention" [ "The Contest in America" [ "Austin on Jurisprudence" [ "Plato" English philosopher and politician JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873) served as an administrator in the East Indian Company from 1823 to 1858, and as a member of parliament from 1865 to 1868. Among his essays on a wide range of political and social thought are Principles of Political Economy (1848), Considerations on Representative Government (1861), and The Subjection of Women (1869). |
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... admission would not deteriorate the quality of the mass . At present , too , admission and exclusion are capricious ; the same description of persons are admitted in cities and parliamentary bo- roughs , who are excluded in all other ...
... admission would not deteriorate the quality of the mass . At present , too , admission and exclusion are capricious ; the same description of persons are admitted in cities and parliamentary bo- roughs , who are excluded in all other ...
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... admitted , what course could be more obvious than to take all the present boroughs , and all unrepre- sented towns of more than a certain amount of popu- lation ( say , for example , 5000 ) , and leaving out all those , whether existing ...
... admitted , what course could be more obvious than to take all the present boroughs , and all unrepre- sented towns of more than a certain amount of popu- lation ( say , for example , 5000 ) , and leaving out all those , whether existing ...
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... admitted to share in it . The greater the number of places included in each district , the better prospect of a creditable choice . The local influences of families and corpora- tions would then have more chance of neutralizing one ...
... admitted to share in it . The greater the number of places included in each district , the better prospect of a creditable choice . The local influences of families and corpora- tions would then have more chance of neutralizing one ...
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... admitted that all persons have an equal claim to power over others . The claims of different people to such power differ as much , as their qualifications for exercising it beneficially . If it is asserted that all persons ought to be ...
... admitted that all persons have an equal claim to power over others . The claims of different people to such power differ as much , as their qualifications for exercising it beneficially . If it is asserted that all persons ought to be ...
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... admitted to the franchise who can fulfil these simple requirements , is not to be expected , nor even desired , unless means were also taken to give to the higher grades of instruction additional or more influential votes . Without such ...
... admitted to the franchise who can fulfil these simple requirements , is not to be expected , nor even desired , unless means were also taken to give to the higher grades of instruction additional or more influential votes . Without such ...
Contents
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BAINS PSYCHOLOGY | 97 |
A FEW WORDS ON NONINTERVENTION | 153 |
THE CONTEST IN AMERICA | 179 |
AUSTIN ON JURISPRUDENCE | 206 |
PLATO | 275 |
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