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Read & copy the quotation
“He who would rightly appreciate the worth of personal independence as an element of happiness, should consider the value he himself puts upon it as an ingredient of his own.”
- Source
- The Subjection of Women
- Date
- 1869
Meaning of “He who would rightly appreciate the worth of…”
Mill asks readers to evaluate another person’s need for independence by first recognizing how strongly they value independence in their own lives.
Where does it come from?
The Subjection of Women (1869), Chapter IV, printed page 179, Project Gutenberg #27083. Mill asks readers to estimate another person’s need for independence by considering the value they themselves place on personal independence as an element of happiness.
