The Subjection of Women by John Mill was first published in 1869, written in 1861 about women's rights. The ideas from this essay John developed jointly with his wife Harriet Taylor Mill. John Mill was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century, and English philosopher, and a civil servant and Member of the Parliament. John shows us how institutions are vital to the happiness of society and to the individual and as these institutions are...

"On Liberty and Other Essays" brings together the most important works of philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill. In "On Liberty" Mill eloquently ponders the question of where the line should be drawn between the freedom of individuals and the authority of the state. As he puts it, "The struggle between liberty and authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar..." Second in this...

Influenzato dalle idee femministe della moglie Harriet Taylor, Mill scrisse nel 1869 La servitù delle donne, in cui rivendica la parità dei sessi nel diritto di famiglia e il suffragio universale, sostenendo che ciò migliorerà anche gli uomini, i quali smetteranno di sentirsi superiori solo per il fatto di essere maschi e metterà fine all'ultimo residuo di schiavitù legale esistente dopo l'abolizionismo dello schiavismo dei neri negli Stati

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Sobre la libertad es uno de los textos esenciales de la filosofía política contemporánea y uno de los más influyentes de Mill, el que mayor número de debates ha suscitado y en el que se defiende la libertad plena de pensamiento, expresión y acción del individuo con respecto al Estado.

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An experience of five years with Mr. Mill's treatise in the class-room not only convinced me of the great usefulness of what still remains one of the most lucid and systematic books yet published which cover the whole range of the study, but I have also been convinced of the need of such additions as should give the results of later thinking, without militating against the general tenor of Mr. Mill's system, of such illustrations as should fit it...

John Stuart Mill (1806—73) was the most influential English philosopher of the nineteenth century. His vast intellectual output covered a range of subjects - traditional philosophy and logic, economics, political science - and included this work, a founding document in the area now known as social science. In The Logic of the Moral Sciences, Mill applied his considerable talents to examining how the study of human behavior, society, and history...

Posthumously published in 1874, these essays-"Nature," "Utility of Religion," and "Theism"-are highly critical of traditional religion, rejecting the belief in an omnipotent, benevolent God. Often undervalued, these essays are some of Mill's most brilliant works.

"How do we decide what is "good" and what is "bad"? According to the ethical theory of Utilitarianism, to do good is to "always perform that act, of those available, that will bring the most happiness or the least unhappiness." By far the most widely read introduction to this theory, John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism is one of the most important and controversial works of moral philosophy ever written. In this major contribution to ethical history,...

Extrait : "Je dois, au début même de cet essai de biographie, faire connaître les raisons qui m'ont déterminé à laisser après moi un souvenir d'une vie aussi dépourvue d'événements que l'a été la mienne. Je ne m'arrête pas un seul instant à la pensée que ce que je vais raconter puisse exciter l'intérêt du public, soit par le charme du récit, soit parce que ma personne en fait le sujet."