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Quotation from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
“He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation”
On Liberty, Ch. III, Of Individuality
Mill argues that self-chosen life plans exercise judgment, discrimination and moral will.
Citation: "He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation" — John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, Ch. III, Of Individuality. (id on-liberty-q6)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
