Chapter 3, paragraphs 17-19
The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.Read in Books4Free →
Despotism of Custom and Stagnation
From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Mill argues that custom, when unchallenged, halts progress; he cites China as an example of a civilization arrested by the suppression of individuality.
Chapter 3, paragraph 17
China as a warning: a people who 'have become stationary—have remained so for thousands of years.'
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