Chapter 1, paragraph 1
The subject of this Essay is... Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.Read in Books4Free →
Definition and Scope of Liberty
From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Mill defines the subject of the essay as civil or social liberty and enumerates three protected domains: liberty of conscience and thought, liberty of tastes and pursuits, and liberty of combination.
Chapter 1, paragraph 12
The three regions of liberty: inward consciousness, tastes/pursuits/plans of life, and combination among individuals.
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