The philosophy of reasoning, to be complete, ought to comprise the theory of bad as well as of good reasoning. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is Mind; and it is self evident that… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be booted out; not any particular manifestation of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
It might be plausibly maintained, that in almost every one of the leading controversies, past or present, in social philosophy, both sides… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The cause, then, philosophically speaking, is the sum total of the conditions, positive and negative, taken together; the whole of the contingencies… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“We know how easily the uselessness of almost every branch of knowledge may be proved to the complete satisfaction of those who… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“It is with philosophy as with religion : men marvel at the absurdity of other people's tenets, while exactly parallel absurdities remain… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“No one but a fool, and only a fool of a peculiar description, feels offended by the acknowledgment that there are others… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“religion, the most powerful of the elements which have entered into the formation of moral feeling, having almost always been governed either… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“It also appears to me that when prejudices persist obstinately, it is the fault of nobody so much as of those who… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“It may be objected that the meaning of names can guide us at most only to the opinions, possibly the foolish and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“In consequence of this perversion of the word Being, philosophers looking about for something to supply its place, laid their hands upon… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“ Auguste Comte , in particular, whose social system, as unfolded in his Systeme de Politique Positive, aims at establishing (though by… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“To what a degree this loose mode of classing and denominating objects has rendered the vocabulary of mental and moral philosophy unfit… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The following are the classes into which, according to this school of philosophy, Things in general might be reduced: Οὐσία, Substantia. Ποσὸν,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The necessity of an enumeration of Existences, as the basis of Logic, did not escape the attention of the schoolmen, and of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment are low, has the greatest chance of having them fully satisfied; and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Logic, according to the conception here formed of it, has no concern with the nature of the act of judging or believing;… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), English philosopher, political theorist, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“There is the greatest difference between assuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“There are many who consider as an injury to themselves any conduct which they have a distaste for, and resent it as… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“All social inequalities which have ceased to be considered expedient, assume the character not of simple inexpediency, but of injustice, and appear… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is, that all the argument is on one side. There are no objections, and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“[People] ask themselves, what is suitable for my position? What is usually done by persons of my station and percuniary circumstances? Or… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The fifth leading division of names is into relative and absolute, or let us rather say, relative and non-relative; for the word… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“Every one knows how absurd it would be to infer from what a man is or does when in a private station,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“It is an adherent condition of human affairs that no intention, however sincere, of protecting the interests of others can make it… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be rooted out; not any particular manifestation of… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The average condition of the people improving or deteriorating, depends upon whether population is advancing faster than improvement, or improvement than population. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of poverty; they are still chained to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
All acts suppose certain dispositions, and habits of mind and heart, which may be in themselves states of enjoyment or of wretchedness, and which… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Unfortunately for the good sense of mankind, the fact of their fallibility is far from carrying the weight in their practical judgement, which is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“In history, as in traveling, men usually see only what they already had in their own minds; and few learn much from history, who… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
All errors which a man is likely to commit against advice are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him for… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
The successful conduct of an industrial enterprise requires two quite distinct qualifications: fidelity and zeal. — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“[For people] to refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
This is what writers mean when they say that the notion of cause involves the idea of necessity. If there be any meaning which… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
“Protection, therefore, against tyranny of the magistrate is not enough: there needs protection also against the tyranny of the prevailing opinion and feeling; against… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economizing. The increase in the value of land, arising as it does from the… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
There is one characteristic of the present direction of public opinion, peculiarly calculated to make it intolerant of any marked demonstration of individuality. The… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share
![“[People] ask themselves, what is suitable for my position? What is usually done by persons of my station and percuniary circumstances? Or (worse still) what is usually done by persons of a station and circumstances superior to mine? I do not mean that they choose what is customary in preference to…” quote by John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/310/john-stuart-mill-477_conformity_people-ask-themselves-what-is-suitable-f_2309783.jpg)
