Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.

R.G. Collingwood

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Freedom Dream job Vocation Work

Author

R.G. Collingwood

Source

Speculum Mentis

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Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1924 1920s 20th century

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Philosopher Historian Writer

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Collingwood, Robin George. Speculum Mentis; or The Map of Knowledge. Clarendon Press, 1924, prologue.

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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. "Logisch-Philosophische Abhandlung [Logical-Philosophical Treatise]." Annalen der Naturphilosophie [Annales of Natural Philosophy], 1921.

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Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, translated by Michael Beaney. Oxford University Press, 2023.

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A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for...is a miserable creature, who has no chance of being free.

John Stuart Mill

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Willingness to fight Self-sacrifice Cowardice Freedom

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John Stuart Mill
Source
The Contest in America Fraser's Magazine
Medium
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Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
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Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Fraser's Magazine, Feb. 1862.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Contest in America." Essays on Equality, Law and Education. Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, edited by John M. Robson. Vol. 21, Routledge, 2014.