On Liberty
Edition: New Ed edition
Series: Great Books in Philosophy
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: March 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780879753368
Subjects: Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present; Political science & theory; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Philosophy; Metaphysics; 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.