1st Edition

Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill (Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 15)

By Edward Alexander Copyright 1965
336 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

This study defines the relationship between humanism and liberalism by comparing the two Victorian figures who were most concerned with the preservation of humanistic values in a free and democratic society: Matthew Arnold and John Stuart Mill. The book sets apart Arnold and Mill from their contemporaries and points out their similarities to one another in discussions of their theories of... Read more

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Biography

Edward Alexander