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Quotation from Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill
“Even that most intractable of enemies, disease, may be indefinitely reduced in dimensions by good physical and moral education, and proper control of noxious influences”
Utilitarianism, Chapter II (7th edition (1879))
Mill argues that the great sources of suffering, poverty and disease, are largely removable by social care and the progress of science.
Citation: "Even that most intractable of enemies, disease, may be indefinitely reduced in dimensions by good physical and moral education, and proper control of noxious influences" — John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter II (7th edition (1879)). (id utilitarianism-q7)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
