On Liberty

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John Stuart Mill was not only a political visionary who lived and wrote well before hist time, but also a man who, in the interest of preserving and supporting liberty, wrote one of the most outstanding and well-designed philosophical and political work of literature in the 19th century: On Liberty.

While the document is quite lengthy, it also leaves nothing to chance. On Liberty is one of Mill’s most important literary writings, focusing on the limits of individual liberty, as well as the constraints and limitations associated with the liberties that governments should (or should not) be allowed.

Is individual freedom important? How should it be handled overall? And how far should the government be allowed to go when preventing individual liberty “for the good of all”? These are just some of the deep and meaningful questions that Mill so tactfully and elaborately tackles in On Liberty.

While this text was quite important in context with the world’s political arena as it was during the middle of the 19th century – when it was written – it is even more crucial a read today. How important is your freedom? Also, how much of an effort are governments making today in order to uphold and protect the freedom of their citizens? In our increasingly complex world, where technology has also come to play a role more crucial than Mill could have possibly foreseen, his enlightening ideas about the relationship between authority and liberty are a guiding light that has inspired many leaders and political idealists to this day.

Mill’s political views and ideology is not easy to understand, and it might actually be difficult to digest for modern day readers. However, with the author’s well-written introduction and an easy to understand series of definitions and premises that Mill so skillfully outlines and exemplifies, you may find this ingenious work of literature to be enlightening, as well as powerful, and quite timeless.
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