...Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-1822 ~ Self-command is the main elegance. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 ~ He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose...other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. ~ John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873 ~ Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries...

...for "the mental and moral, like the muscular powers, are improved only by being used." By contrast, "he who lets the world, or his own portion of it,...other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation." The value of human life, Mill continues, depends not only on what an individual does but also upon...

...meant living with Jude." "As his wife?" "As I choose." Phillotson writhed. Sue continued: "She, or he, 'who lets the world, or his own portion of it,...other faculty than the apelike one of imitation.' JS Mill's words, those are. I have been reading it up. Why can't you act upon them? I wish to, always."...

...discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference are exercised only in making a choice ... He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose...need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of In this sense, liberalism envisions individual constitutive autonomy as essential to the fulfillment...

...done towards rendering his feelings and character inert and torpid, instead of active and energetic. He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose...no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one ot imitation.1 Mill is here calling attention to one of the most destructive fallacies endemic to humankind....

...plans, as a necessary condition for self-development and the individuality that results from it." 681 He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose...plan of life for him has no need of any other faculty [more] than the ape.... He who chooses his plan for himself employs all his faculties. He must use...

...portion of it, choose his plan of life for him has no need of any other faculty [more] than the ape.... He who chooses his plan for himself employs all his...use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to 676. Philosophy: Hayden (2001), p. 80. 677. Philosophy: Rousseau (1988), p. 3. 678. Philosophy: Deigh...

...that concern. Mill derides the person "who lets the world choose his plan of life for him" as one who "has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation." While such a person might be "guided in some good path, and kept out of harm's way ... what will be...

...Association, 1994), 95. Chapter Four Postmodern Identity Politics vs. the Romanticized Autonomous Student He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose...chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. John Stuart Mill "Of Individuality, As One of the Elements of Well-Being," from On Liberty (1859) As...

...New Womanish, since she claims JS Mill as her authority for ending the marriage contract: "She, or he, 'who lets the world, or his own portion of it,...other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation.' JS Mill's words, those are. I have been reading it up. Why can't you act upon them? I wish to, always"...