Mill, a social liberal adecquate
to our time
For reading of Wealth of
nations is very difficult find some liberal theory regard economy, Ithink that we
can read and reread Wealth of nations, buti ti is going to find some tenet of
liberalism, rather we can find and esteem or scorn mer liberalism as social
fact although theorycal alone On the liberty of John Stuart Mill; a book very
interest because shows think not certainly of author but, I think, of a nation,
this is Great Britain, hence this is speculative philosophy, a questioniis is
spontaneous, this is, Why? Because we must cionsider that Mill certainly, seen
about his country, and in fact he often said about morality that is a factor
for opinion, but he considers morality non certainly power, witch he describes,
for speculative filosofy, an influencing motive for an opinion, and he said
also that this power can’t be silent every opinions, otherwise is would be
tyranny, but this think is own of Great Britain; certainly we can find same
tolerance also in other nations, for example, also during monarchy in France,
the Revolution was possible because the ideas of revolutionaries could turned,
in fact some revolution during 20th century was possible because the army
wanted these revolutions. Anyway Mill is very liberal and he could take about English
costume, that was very liberal, in fact he said on one step: “Their power was
but the nation's own power, concentrated, and in a form convenient for exercise
This mode of thought, or rather perhaps of feeling, was common among the last
generation of European liberalism”, on this mention we can findmsome word, or
verb, which is very interesting, this is “feeling”, this verb shows what we has
red before, this is costume, or feeling, necessary to a State. For others step
of this book we find similar concepts, as: “A similar tone of sentiment might by this time have been
prevalent in our own country, if the circumstances which for a time encouraged
it, had continued unaltered.”, and I repeate that is rational and irrational
concept, this is feel or “sentiment”, this is will of to follow what is
predominant like an opinion or a think, dynamic which Mill didin’ condamns but
considers an idea. I repeat that this liberty was present among States of
Europe, because every govern knows stops his power and when it must use for a
nation.
Alessandro Lusana
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