John Stuart Mill#John
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John Stuart Mill · 1806–1873
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“Mill was manufactured from birth to be the perfect reasoning machine, broke down at twenty when he realized the machine had no heart — and rebuilt himself into the philosopher who taught the modern world what freedom is for.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign — society may stop you from harming others, but never force you to be "better" for your own good.”
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