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1、OnLibertyJohnStuartMill1859BatocheBooksKitchener2001BatocheBooksLimited52EbyStreetSouthKitchener,OntarioN2G3L1Canadaemail:batoche@gto.netContentsChapter1:Introductory......................................................................6Chapter2:OftheLibe
2、rtyofThoughtandDiscussion.....................18Chapter3:OfIndividuality,asoneoftheElementsofWell-being..52Chapter4:OftheLimitstotheAuthorityofSocietyovertheIndi-vidual.......................................................................................
3、..69Chapter5:Applications...................................................................86Notes..............................................................................................106DedicationThegrand,leadingprinciple,towardswhicheveryargume
4、ntunfoldedinthesepagesdirectlyconverges,istheabsoluteandessentialimpor-tanceofhumandevelopmentinitsrichestdiversity.WilhelmvonHumboldt:SphereandDutiesofGovernment.Tothebelovedanddeploredmemoryofherwhowastheinspirer,andinparttheauthor,ofallthatisbestinmywr
5、itings-thefriendandwifewhoseexaltedsenseoftruthandrightwasmystrongestincitement,andwhoseapprobationwasmychiefreward—Idedicatethisvolume.LikeallthatIhavewrittenformanyyears,itbelongsasmuchtoherastome;buttheworkasitstandshashad,inaveryinsufficientdegree,the
6、inestimableadvantageofherrevision;someofthemostimportantpor-tionshavingbeenreservedforamorecarefulre-examination,whichtheyarenowneverdestinedtoreceive.WereIbutcapableofinterpret-ingtotheworldonehalfthegreatthoughtsandnoblefeelingswhichareburiedinhergrave,
7、Ishouldbethemediumofagreaterbenefittoit,thaniseverlikelytoarisefromanythingthatIcanwrite,unpromptedandunassistedbyherallbutunrivalledwisdom.6/JohnStuartMillChapter1IntroductoryThesubjectofthisEssayisnottheso-calledLibertyoftheWill,sounfortunatelyopposedto
8、themisnameddoctrineofPhilosophicalNe-cessity;butCivil,orSocialLiberty:thenatureandlimitsofthepowerwhichcanbelegitimatelyexercisedbysocietyovertheindividual.Aquestionseldomstated,andhardlyeverdiscussed,ingeneralterms
