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On Liberty

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill · 1859

5 chapters · 118 pages · Original text

Public domain · Project Gutenberg

Chapters

Chapter I — Introductory

~28 min · 15 pages

Chapter II — Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion

~80 min · 41 pages

Chapter III — Of Individuality

~39 min · 19 pages

Chapter IV — Of the Limits to the Authority of Society

~39 min · 20 pages

Chapter V — Applications

~47 min · 23 pages

About this text

First published in 1748, this work represents Hume's mature empiricist philosophy — a reworking of ideas from his earlier Treatise of Human Nature.

Hume argues that all knowledge derives from sensory experience and that reason alone cannot establish matters of fact.

Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain).

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