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Why J.S. Mill Matters w/ Tara Westover

Past Present Future

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The Comfort of Acceptance

David Ronsaman: It's a human thing to sense comfort in the idea that maybe we are nothing, but something deeply appealing about it. He says John St. Mill is not a comfort read; you have to work pretty hard to read him. "What we should be aiming for politically is an acceptance that our bodies can be okay just as they are," he says.

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