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Liberty, Self-Reliance and Private Property in Emerson and Mill
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The aim of this discussion is to compare and contrast the ideas about the connection between private property and individual liberty in the thought of two leading 19th century classical liberals, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) and John Stuart Mill (1806-1873).
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Session IA: Emerson on Self-Reliance
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. Fireside Edition (Boston and New York, 1909). Vol. 2 Essays. First Series. Chapter: SELF-RELIANCE. “Ne te quæsiveris extra.”
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Session IB: Emerson on Self-Reliance
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. Fireside Edition (Boston and New York, 1909). Vol. 3 Essays. Second Series. Chapter: POLITICS.
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Session IIA: Mill on Individuality
John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVIII - Essays on Politics and Society Part I, ed. John M. Robson, Introduction by Alexander Brady (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977). Chapter: CHAPTER III: Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Well-Being
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Session IIB: Mill on Individuality
John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVIII - Essays on Politics and Society Part I, ed. John M. Robson, Introduction by Alexander Brady (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977). Chapter: CHAPTER IV: Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual
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Session IIC: Mill on Individuality
John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVIII - Essays on Politics and Society Part I, ed. John M. Robson, Introduction by Alexander Brady (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977). Chapter: CHAPTER V: Applications
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Session IIIA: Property in Emerson’s Essay on Wealth
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. Fireside Edition (Boston and New York, 1909). Vol. 5 English Traits. Chapter: CHAPTER X.: wealth.
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Session IIIB: Property in Emerson’s Essay on Wealth
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. Fireside Edition (Boston and New York, 1909). Vol. 6 The Conduct of Life). Chapter: III.: WEALTH.
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Session IV: Property in Mill’s political economy
John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume III - The Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy (Books III-V and Appendices), ed. John M. Robson, Introduction by V.W. Bladen (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965). Chapter: CHAPTER XI: Of the Grounds and Limits of the Laisser-Faire or Non-Interference Principle
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Session VA: Property in Mill’s political economy
John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume II - The Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy (Books I-II), ed. John M. Robson, introduction by V.W. Bladen (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965). Chapter: CHAPTER I: Of Property
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Session VB: Property in Mill’s political economy
John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume II - The Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy (Books I-II), ed. John M. Robson, introduction by V.W. Bladen (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965). Chapter: CHAPTER II: The Same Subject Continued
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Session VC: Property in Mill’s political economy
John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume II - The Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy (Books I-II), ed. John M. Robson, introduction by V.W. Bladen (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965). Chapter: APPENDIX [TO BOOK II]
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Session VIA: Comparing Emerson and Mill on freedom and property
John Stuart Mill, The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume V - Essays on Economics and Society Part II, ed. John M. Robson, introduction by Lord Robbins (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967). Chapter: CHAPTERS ON SOCIALISM 1879
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Session VIB: Comparing Emerson and Mill on freedom and property
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. Fireside Edition (Boston and New York, 1909). Vol. 3 Essays. Second Series. Chapter: CHARACTER.
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