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On Liberty / Utilitarianism
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Tyler
Jan 05, 2009 rated it really liked it
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On Liberty -- 5 stars; Utilitarianism -- 3 stars

On Liberty evinces one of the most lucid and sublime deployments of the English language I've read.

You'll need a highlighter while you read these two treatises; the author packs in too many excellent ideas to remember all at once, and his ideas are not to be forgotten.
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