 Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.  Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - Sayfa 25James Fitzjames Stephen tarafından - 1873 - 350 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | 1859 - 802 sayfa
...individual will. ' Liberty,' says Mr. Mill himself, ' has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion.' A sound public sentiment can arise only out of full and unfettered exchange of opinion, and we hail... | |
 | john stuart mill - 1859 - 230 sayfa
...effecting that end. Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. Until then, there is nothing for them but implicit obedience to an Akbar or a Charlemagne, if they... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1859 - 216 sayfa
...effecting that end. Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. Until then, there is nothing for them but implicit obedience to an Akbar or a Charlemagne, if they... | |
 | 1860 - 446 sayfa
...(p. 23). Liberty," he says, " as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. When the wisdom of the governors is far in advance of the wisdom of the governed, and the means do... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 236 sayfa
...effecting that end. " " Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. Until then, there is nothing for them but implicit obedience to an Akbar or a Charlemagne, if they... | |
 | 1866 - 520 sayfa
...effecting that end. Liberty, as a principle, has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. Until then there is nothing for them but implicit obedience to an Akbar or a Charlemagne, if they are... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1868 - 728 sayfa
...category of disqualification. These last are best managed by despotism. Liberty becomes a right only when ' mankind have become capable of ' being improved by free and equal discussion.' Until then an Akbar, or a Charlemagne, is the fittest ruler. Now, there can be no reasonable objection... | |
 | 1873 - 1004 sayfa
...state of society — to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties: only practical when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion. Nevertheless the general principle is so far true, that it should be the aim of Government and society... | |
 | Plymouth athenaeum - 1874 - 622 sayfa
...nonage." " Liberty, as a principle," he says, " has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion." (p. 6.) I am not concerned to insist upon the difficulty of reconciling these exceptions with the general... | |
 | David George Ritchie - 1891 - 192 sayfa
...societies. Mill says, "Liberty as a principle has no application to any state of things anterior to the time when mankind have become capable of being improved by free and equal discussion." If we take this strictly, it limits the concession of liberty much more than most people would care... | |
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