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John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and political economist

1806–1873

19 quotes, most often on Debate, Freedom and Truth & Lies.

Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
On Liberty (1859), Ch. II: Of the Liberty of Thought and DiscussionIn context
- Thinking
- Truth & Lies
No one can be a great thinker who does not recognise, that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead.
On Liberty (1859), Ch. II: Of the Liberty of Thought and DiscussionIn context
- Thinking

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