Project Gutenberg 2016-08-08 Public domain in the USA. 115 Mill, John Stuart 1806 1873 Mill, J. S. (John Stuart) Öhrvall, Hjalmar 1851 1929 Ohrvall, Hjalmar Öhrvall, Hjalmar August Of the liberty of thought and discussion. Swedish Om Tanke- och Yttrandefrihet Produced by Richard Tonsing, Jens Sadowski, Tor Martin Kristiansen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Om Tanke- och Yttrandefrihet" by John Stuart Mill is a philosophical treatise written in the late 19th century. It is actually an excerpt from the second chapter of Mill's larger work "On Liberty," focusing specifically on the topics of freedom of thought and expression. The text delves into the philosophical underpinnings of why freedom of speech is essential for individual and societal development, arguing against the suppression of dissenting opinions. The opening of the text lays the groundwork for a robust discussion on the importance of free expression in a healthy society. Mill begins by asserting that governmental or societal efforts to suppress opinions, regardless of whether they align with the majority, are inherently unjust. He emphasizes that no individual or collective can claim infallibility in their beliefs; thus, all perspectives should be open to debate and scrutiny. The text suggests that understanding a truth requires engagement with opposing viewpoints, and silencing dissenters denies everyone the opportunity to refine their understanding of truth, thereby impoverishing society as a whole. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. sv Freedom of speech JC Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 160978 2025-09-21T06:38:53.000979 text/html 136844 2024-10-23T00:57:38 text/html 165683 2025-09-21T06:38:56.281487 application/epub+zip 165053 2025-09-21T06:38:53.837982 application/epub+zip 114231 2025-09-21T06:38:53.491981 application/epub+zip 211211 2025-09-21T06:38:58.223458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 193222 2025-09-21T06:38:55.934463 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144629 2022-09-24T00:43:29.936111 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140642 2025-09-21T06:38:52.759002 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120722 2024-10-23T00:57:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16717 2025-09-21T06:38:58.352448 application/rdf+xml 8840 2025-09-21T06:38:53.558962 image/jpeg 1760 2025-09-21T06:38:53.525011 image/jpeg 149972 2025-09-21T06:38:53.018980 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog sv.wikipedia en.wikipedia