Oracles on man and government / by John, viscount Morley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morley, John, 1838-1923, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 298 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Macmillan and co., limited, 1923.

Summary:

New needs emerge. Proportions change. Fresh strata are uncovered. Theories once charged with potency evaporate. SO a later generation must play umpire. How Should Mill be better Off than Grotius or Montesquieu, Descartes or Locke, or Jean Jacques, or any of the others who in their day shook the globe, or lighted up some single stage of the world's dim journey? As is well put for our present case, a work'great in itself and Of exclusive authorship is not the only way in which original power manifests itself. A multitude of small impressions, says Bain, the most sinewy of Mill's allies, may have the accumulated effect of a mighty whole. Who Shall sum up Mill's collective influence as an instructor in politics, ethics, logic, and metaphysics? NO ca. Source: Publisher.

Contents:

Contents.-A great teacher [John Stuart Mill]-Two essays on democracy examined; Lecky on democracy. Maine on popular government.-Liberalism and reaction.-Aphorisms.-Vauvenargues.-A few words on French models.-Auguste Comte.

Notes:

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