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Excerpt from The Principles of State Interference: Four Essays on the Political Philosophy of Mr. Herbert Spencer, J. S. Mill, and T. H. Green
HE first three essays in this volume were published five years ago in Time, and are mainly occupied with a criticism of Mr. Herbert Spencer''s T/ze Man versus t/ze State and of certain parts of J. S. Mill''s Liberty. The fourth essay ap peared in the Contemporary Review for June, 1887. The questions discussed have certainly not declined in importance since these dates. The first three essays have, in parts, undergone considerable altera tion. But I have retained the original form and manner of treatment, in the belief that a short and controversial examination of two very well known books may, for many purposes, be more profitable than an elaborate and systematic treatise, for which in any case I have not found the leisure. Some thing may still be said for using the dialectical.
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HE first three essays in this volume were published five years ago in Time, and are mainly occupied with a criticism of Mr. Herbert Spencer''s T/ze Man versus t/ze State and of certain parts of J. S. Mill''s Liberty. The fourth essay ap peared in the Contemporary Review for June, 1887. The questions discussed have certainly not declined in importance since these dates. The first three essays have, in parts, undergone considerable altera tion. But I have retained the original form and manner of treatment, in the belief that a short and controversial examination of two very well known books may, for many purposes, be more profitable than an elaborate and systematic treatise, for which in any case I have not found the leisure. Some thing may still be said for using the dialectical.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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