John Stuart Mill: Victorian FirebrandJohn Stuart Mill was the 'Saint of Rationalism' according to William Gladstone. But in this biography, Richard Reeves reveals Mill as a passionate man of action, a philosopher, radical MP and reformer who profoundly shaped Victorian society and continues to illuminate our own. |
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... views . " The rich had sympathies enough for the poor when they came before them as objects of pity , ' he told an apparently supportive crowd , ' they had almost universally a kind of patronizing and protective sympathy for the poor ...
... views . " The rich had sympathies enough for the poor when they came before them as objects of pity , ' he told an apparently supportive crowd , ' they had almost universally a kind of patronizing and protective sympathy for the poor ...
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... views - which is of course a much tougher demand . It was vital , then , that people should be free to publicly criticize religious beliefs , which might after all be erroneous . Mill anticip- ated the position of those who might seek ...
... views - which is of course a much tougher demand . It was vital , then , that people should be free to publicly criticize religious beliefs , which might after all be erroneous . Mill anticip- ated the position of those who might seek ...
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... views and saw that ' shopkeepers were more in need of [ the ballot ] than the working classes ' , because of the danger that they would be boycotted for their views.27 At the time Mill was writing – let alone by today's standards - these ...
... views and saw that ' shopkeepers were more in need of [ the ballot ] than the working classes ' , because of the danger that they would be boycotted for their views.27 At the time Mill was writing – let alone by today's standards - these ...
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An Unusual and Remarkable Education 180620 II | 13 |
A Man Among Men 18206 | 28 |
Strange Confusion 182630 | 62 |
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