Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties.”
- Source
- On Liberty
- Date
- 1859
Meaning of “He who chooses his plan for himself, employs…”
Choosing for oneself exercises observation, reasoning, discrimination, and self-command in ways that passive imitation does not.
Where does it come from?
On Liberty, Chapter III, in Mill’s discussion of individuality and self-directed choice.
