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Liberty
“In On Liberty, John Stuart Mill started by admitting that democratic nations did offer their citizens a high degree of freedom, in contrast to the situation in, for example, the Russian Empire. And yet, Mill insisted, what makes a person free is a complex thing, and if we’re really interested in promoting freedom we should…
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De Quincey
“In an essay, Thomas de Quincey (1785¬1859). sketched out a fascinating theory of what constitutes a good lover. He began by reflecting on William Wordsworth (whom he knew well) – the greatest poet of the age, the author of much heartfelt love poetry, a confident, vigorous man who had had much success with women in…