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Present Quotes by John Stuart Mill
- The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and…
- It is as certain that many opinions, now general, will be rejected by future ages, as it is that many, once general, are rejected by…
- It's hardly possible to overstate the value, in the present state of human improvement, of placing human beings in contact with other persons dissimilar to…
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