On Liberty
Footnotes:
[1] Life of John Stuart Mill, chapter vi. (Walter Scott.)
[2] Autobiography, p. 190.
[3] Ibid., p. 242.
[4] Autobiography, pp. 246, 247.
[5] Cf. an instructive page in the Autobiography, p. 252.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
|---|---|
| PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTORY | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION | 28 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| OF INDIVIDUALITY, AS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF WELL-BEING | 103 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| OF THE LIMITS TO THE AUTHORITY OF SOCIETY OVER THE INDIVIDUAL | 140 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| APPLICATIONS | 177 |
The grand, leading principle, towards which every argument unfolded in these pages directly converges, is the absolute and essential importance of human development in its richest diversity.—Wilhelm Von Humboldt: Sphere and Duties of Government.
ON LIBERTY.