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On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)

10 chapters, about 51,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 200 words
2. I. 800 words
3. II. 2,200 words
4. III. 1,100 words
5. INTRODUCTORY. 5,600 words
6. OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION. 16,000 words
7. FOOTNOTES: 200 words
8. CHAPTER III. 7,800 words
9. CHAPTER IV. 7,900 words
10. APPLICATIONS. 9,300 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Crime
• Dictator
• Doctrine
• Individual
• Liberty
• Old Testament
• Socratic method

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