This volume includes the complete essay in five chapters: Introductory; Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion; Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Well-being; Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual; and Applications. With a fine introduction by editor Alburey Castell, this edition also includes line numbers for easy reference, a list of principal dates in the life of John Stuart Mill, and a bibliography.
##This man is my idealistic self: 因為傢長壓力在小時候狂學東西打好基礎,長大以後靠著良好基礎牛逼+收獲愛情。
##似乎還是有點高估瞭自己的英文能力。好些問題得到解答,更多篇章值得再仔細推敲,最有趣的片段是結尾討論放棄自由的自由,與國傢和教育議題瞭。。
##我想讀這本書 2015-05-18 One book continues to dominate philosophical debate about free speech: John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. In this classic discussion of the limits of individual freedom in a civilized society Mill defends the view that extensive freedom of speech is a precondition not just for individual happiness, but for a flourishing. //paris
##四年後重讀瞭遍英文版。Mill是謙謙君子一枚,隻是可能是年代原因,行文語序有些小不適。其對於freedom of speech的論述是完整的,living truth和dead dogma的對比可見其學神趣味。Individuality部分總覺得在具體應用上有些模棱兩可。可人類傾嚮於將觀點建立在個人好惡而非思考又喜歡張牙舞爪地去推行的習慣,還真是幾百年都沒有變誒。
##Again,不讀原作不知道一個人的觀點背後有一個精遂龐大的思想體係。不知該說密爾是悲觀還是樂觀,一方麵在指齣社會問題上鞭闢入裏,到今天也依然受用,一方麵又在根本上相信人的天性有自我發展的可能性,真是讓人心神澎湃的人文關懷
##自由主義代錶作,結構清晰,論證嚴謹,功力瞭得。久聞大名,但一直沒讀。鬍適在他的文章裏再三提及本書,還在日記中寫他在本科時讀這本書。反過來看鬍的觀點受密爾影響太深瞭,很多觀點基本都是照搬過來。密爾對於個人主義與國傢的論述我很喜歡:人的目標是發展自己的各項纔能,而國傢的價值是其國民價值的總和,因此國傢的目標應該是盡可能幫助每個個體自由發展他們的心智。傳承瞭洪堡特的啓濛主義思想,將其從個人層麵提升至社會國傢層麵。還強調瞭公民民主實踐的重要性,以及官僚體製精英化後走嚮集權的危險,really ahead of his time.
##我想讀這本書 2015-05-18 One book continues to dominate philosophical debate about free speech: John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. In this classic discussion of the limits of individual freedom in a civilized society Mill defends the view that extensive freedom of speech is a precondition not just for individual happiness, but for a flourishing. //paris
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