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These two essays by John Stuart Mill Englands greatest nineteenthcentury philosopher are the fruit of six hundred years of progressive thought about individual rights and the responsibilities of society. Together they provide the moral and theoretical justification for liberal democracy as we know it and their incalculable influence on modern history testifies not only to the force of their arguments but also to the power ideas can have over human affairs. These two essays by John Stuart Mill Englands greatest nineteenthcentury philosopher are the fruit of six hundred years of progressive thought about individual rights and the responsibilities of society. Together they provide the moral and theoretical justification for liberal democracy as we know it and their incalculable influence on modern history testifies not only to the force of their arguments but also to the power ideas can have over human affairs. These two essays by John Stuart Mill Englands greatest nineteenthcentury philosopher are the fruit of six hundred years of progressive thought about individual rights and the responsibilities of society. Together they provide the moral and theoretical justification for liberal democracy as we know it and their incalculable influence on modern history testifies not only to the force of their arguments but also to the power ideas can have over human affairs. «