The great creative individual . . . is capable of more wisdom and virt…

John Stuart Mill
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The great creative individual . . . is capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be.
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The price paid for intellectual pacification is the sacrifice of the entire moral courage of the human mind. ✨ John Stuart Mill (1859). On Liberty, p.60
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The great creative individual . . . is capable of more wisdom and virtue than collective man ever can be.

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