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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... profess to do everything , it should do what is most required : it should apply a corrective where one is the most urgently needed . Secondly , it should be conceived with an eye to the further changes which may be expected hereafter ...
... profess to do everything , it should do what is most required : it should apply a corrective where one is the most urgently needed . Secondly , it should be conceived with an eye to the further changes which may be expected hereafter ...
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... professed by anti - reformers is , that poli- tical rights should be reserved for property and in- telligence . By upholding the small boroughs , they dedicate a large and almost predominant portion of the representation to the needy ...
... professed by anti - reformers is , that poli- tical rights should be reserved for property and in- telligence . By upholding the small boroughs , they dedicate a large and almost predominant portion of the representation to the needy ...
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... professed to be , they would have been more than ever rural constituencies , in subjection , under any ordinary circumstances , to the neighbouring landed proprietors . The villages of 1000 and towns of 2000 and 3000 inhabitants , which ...
... professed to be , they would have been more than ever rural constituencies , in subjection , under any ordinary circumstances , to the neighbouring landed proprietors . The villages of 1000 and towns of 2000 and 3000 inhabitants , which ...
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... profess to make any alteration in fundamentals , but only to introduce such amendments as are con- sistent with the general outline of the existing arrangements ; a Bill , therefore , which cannot satisfy the wishes of those who think ...
... profess to make any alteration in fundamentals , but only to introduce such amendments as are con- sistent with the general outline of the existing arrangements ; a Bill , therefore , which cannot satisfy the wishes of those who think ...
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... profess to be directed , we shall not find very difficult to draw the line of demarcation . it ' A voter may be considered as subject to the operation of two sets of interests : the one , interests arising out of the good or evil for ...
... profess to be directed , we shall not find very difficult to draw the line of demarcation . it ' A voter may be considered as subject to the operation of two sets of interests : the one , interests arising out of the good or evil for ...
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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