Mostly History

Common Sense by Tom Paine pt 2

A reading of the influential pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776, in which he argues that the thirteen American colonies should fight a war with Britain to gain their independence. He lays out many reasons why, in his opinion, the British king, George III and his government were unfit to rule the colonies, that the time to strike was now and that delay for any reason would lead to the perpetual domination and exploitation of America by a despotic power.
The pamphlet was so persuasive and popular that George Washington encouraged public readings of it to his army.

Common Sense by Tom Paine pt 1

A reading of the influential pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776, in which he argues that the thirteen American colonies should fight a war with Britain to gain their independence. He lays out many reasons why, in his opinion, the British king, George III and his government were unfit to rule the colonies, that the time to strike was now and that delay for any reason would lead to the perpetual domination and exploitation of America by a despotic power.
The pamphlet was so persuasive and popular that George Washington encouraged public readings of it to his army.

John Stuart Mill - quick biography

John Stuart Mill was one of the great philosophers and social & economic theorists of the nineteenth century. He is best known for his extended essays on Logic, Liberty of the Individual and the Subjection of Women.

On the Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill, Chapter 4

John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), influential thinker, philosopher, political economist and lifelong advocate for social reform, published his essay on the Subjection of Women in 1869. In it he discusses his views on the suppression of women's liberty. He calls for reform of existing laws which gave husbands sovereignty over their wives in every department of life; he demands that women should be liberated from the suppression of prevailing social attitudes through better education, equality of suffrage and equal opportunities with men in all areas of endeavour to which their personal aptitudes and abilities qualified them.

On the Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill, Chapter 3

John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), influential thinker, philosopher, political economist and lifelong advocate for social reform, published his essay on the Subjection of Women in 1869. In it he discusses his views on the suppression of women's liberty. He calls for reform of existing laws which gave husbands sovereignty over their wives in every department of life; he demands that women should be liberated from the suppression of prevailing social attitudes through better education, equality of suffrage and equal opportunities with men in all areas of endeavour to which their personal aptitudes and abilities qualified them.

On the Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill - Chapter 2

John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), influential thinker, philosopher, political economist and lifelong advocate for social reform, published his essay on the Subjection of Women in 1869. In it he discusses his views on the suppression of women's liberty. He calls for reform of existing laws which gave husbands sovereignty over their wives in every department of life; he demands that women should be liberated from the suppression of prevailing social attitudes through better education, equality of suffrage and equal opportunities with men in all areas of endeavour to which their personal aptitudes and abilities qualified them.

On the Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill - Chapter 1

John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), influential thinker, philosopher, political economist and lifelong advocate for social reform, published his essay on the Subjection of Women in 1869. In it he discusses his views on the suppression of women's liberty. He calls for reform of existing laws which gave husbands sovereignty over their wives in every department of life; he demands that women should be liberated from the suppression of prevailing social attitudes through better education, equality of suffrage and equal opportunities with men in all areas of endeavour to which their personal aptitudes and abilities qualified them.

On Liberty - Chapter 5

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
An extended essay written by the Victorian philosopher John Stuart Mill in 1859, in which he discusses the limitations on individual liberty that society is justified in imposing.
Chapter 5 - applications.

On Liberty - Chapter 4

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
An extended essay written by the Victorian philosopher John Stuart Mill in 1859, in which he discusses the limitations on individual liberty that society is justified in imposing.
Chapter 4 - of the limits of the authority of society over the individual.

On Liberty - Chapter 3

On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
An extended essay written by the Victorian philosopher John Stuart Mill in 1859, in which he discusses the limitations on individual liberty that society is justified in imposing.
Chapter 3 - of one of the elements of well-being.