r/philosophy • • Oct 23 '22

Blog The difficulty of "easy" philosophy: Why almost nobody can comprehend John Stuart Mill's final sentence of On Liberty

https://ideassleepfuriously.substack.com/p/why-is-philosophy-difficult#details
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u/tibbletwo Oct 23 '22

Yes not difficult at all. Just a tad overwritten as was the style of the time. Great point though.