Post #1477180
2026-03-19 17:15 UTC
> John Stuart Mill said that his wife, Harriet Taylor Mill, “was the inspirer, and in part the author, of all that is best in my writings[. On Liberty] belongs as much to her as to me.” In his Autobiography, he says
> With regard to the thoughts [expressed in the book], it is difficult to identify any particular part or element as being more hers than all the rest. The whole mode of thinking of which the book was the expression, was emphatically hers.
https://dailynous.com/2026/03/19/on-liberty-now-officially-has-two-authors/
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@olivia@scholar.social 2026-03-19 17:17
As somebody else (Kirsten the Librarian) said on the other website, this could be a nice way to address some of the cryprogyny, see: https://scholar.social/@olivia/116234574757735306
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@burnoutqueen@todon.nl 2026-03-22 14:23
@olivia@scholar.social that's really great