Of the liberty of thought & discussionJohn Stuart Mill
Of the liberty of thought & discussion
by John Stuart Mill · first published 2001
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Indeed, you do have to ask yourself, you do have to learn something about this, rather then making up your own headcanon, and a good place to start is John Stuart Mill's Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_Liberty/Chapter_2
on “Meta in Myanmar” ↗…of conscience or thought. Paine thought it crucial to hear others' ideas so that he could avoid being wrong. That requires the ideas be expressed. Likewise with Mill. Chapter 2 of On Liberty is titled "Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion"[1]. Throughout the text, Mill defends expression as well as thought, and condemns the silencing of any expression of opinion: > But I deny the right of the people to exercise such coercion, either by…
on “Freedom of Speech Isn't About Speech” ↗…often and so triumphantly enforced by preceding writers, that it needs not be specially insisted on in this place. It appears his hopes would bring disappointment were he still around. [0] Chapter II: Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion https://www.bartleby.com/130/2.html ---- Edit: Fixing markup. If anyone knows of a document describing the markup rules, please let me know, it would save me an awful lot of edits ;-)
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