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Ep. 99 John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’

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What Did He Think of His Time and of England at That Time?

He wrote on liberty in 1859. He'd been working on it earlier. His wife, Harriet Taylor Middle, was also a co-author of the essay. What did he think of his time and of England at this time? It's hard to know where to begin in talking about that.

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