Tag: John Stuart Mill

1203: John Stuart Mill – Silencing of Discussion is an Assumption of Infallibility

W1203: John Stuart Mill - Silencing of Discussion is an Assumption of Infallibility
To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility. —John Stuart Mill

To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility. —John Stuart Mill

1181: John Stuart Mill – Every Great Movement Must Experience 3 Stages

W1181: John Stuart Mill - Every Great Movement Must Experience 3 Stages
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. —John Stuart Mill

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. —John Stuart Mill

1108: John Stuart Mill – Dare to be Different

F1108: John Stuart Mill - Dare to be Different
The mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach. It is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. —John Stuart Mill
The mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny of opinion is such as to make eccentricity a reproach. It is desirable, in order to break through that tyranny, that people should be eccentric. Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained. —John Stuart Mill

1081: John Stuart Mill – Whatever Crushes Individuality is Despotism

W1081: John Stuart Mill - Whatever Crushes Individuality
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism by whatever name it may be called. —John Stuart Mill
Whatever crushes individuality is despotism by whatever name it may be called. —John Stuart Mill

1023: John Stuart Mill – Individual is Sovereign

F1023: John Stuart Mill - Individual is Sovereign
Over his own body & mind, the individual is sovereign. —John Stuart Mill
Over his own body & mind, the individual is sovereign. —John Stuart Mill