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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... justice , and such that the greatest number of persons , consistent with safety , shall have evident cause to be well affected towards it . Mr. Austin proceeds to set forth the evils which he would anticipate , either from universal ...
... justice , and such that the greatest number of persons , consistent with safety , shall have evident cause to be well affected towards it . Mr. Austin proceeds to set forth the evils which he would anticipate , either from universal ...
Page 60
... justice ( though they may receive mischievous courtship ) , and if they did , would never believe that they had obtained it . We will go a step further . We are completely at issue with those who are unable to see that there is a true ...
... justice ( though they may receive mischievous courtship ) , and if they did , would never believe that they had obtained it . We will go a step further . We are completely at issue with those who are unable to see that there is a true ...
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... justice , on the education of the lower and superior classes , on the relations of the country to other independent states , and on almost all the subjects of our domestic and foreign policy , the constituencies would think like men who ...
... justice , on the education of the lower and superior classes , on the relations of the country to other independent states , and on almost all the subjects of our domestic and foreign policy , the constituencies would think like men who ...
Page 66
... their indirect influence sufficient . We shall see that if he applied this standard of judgment in all cases , it would upset his whole theory . is their sense of justice that must be appealed to 66 RECENT WRITERS ON REFORM .
... their indirect influence sufficient . We shall see that if he applied this standard of judgment in all cases , it would upset his whole theory . is their sense of justice that must be appealed to 66 RECENT WRITERS ON REFORM .
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... justice . If plural voting were made to depend on conditions which cannot possibly commend themselves to the conscience of the majority ; if , as Lord Robert Cecil proposes , the additional votes were given , not to the educated as such ...
... justice . If plural voting were made to depend on conditions which cannot possibly commend themselves to the conscience of the majority ; if , as Lord Robert Cecil proposes , the additional votes were given , not to the educated as 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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