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

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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Are You Smarter Than Marcus Aurelius?

Mille says it's important to allow for free expression, even if an opinion be true. But what about if we're confident that it is false? This is where he gets into the idea that you get a greater conception of the truth through its collision with error. He no believes that even if your beliefs are true, if you're not worried that you might have to debate somebody, then you're going to hold them as dead dogmas.

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