In the canon
On Liberty
- Form
- Form Philosophy
- Year
- Year 1859
- Pages
- Pages 130
A philosopher argues that society may only restrict what a person does to prevent harm to others, never to protect them from themselves or silence opinions that offend, since even a false idea sharpens the truth by being argued against.
Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
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