On Liberty and Other Writings
Contributors: Stefan Collini (Editor)
Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 25, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521379175
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; History & Surveys - 19th Century; Political Science; Philosophy; Women's rights; Politics/International Relations; Socialism; Political Science / Reference; General; Equality; Liberty
First sentence: The subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.