John Stuart Mill Quotes About Imitation

Quotes about: Imitation

• He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when he has decided, firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision.

  John Stuart Mill

  Self, Decision, Apes

  John Stuart Mill (1865). “On Liberty”, p.34

• Is there any moral enormity which might not be justified by imitation of such a Deity?

  John Stuart Mill

  Religion, Might, Deities

  John Stuart Mill (2008). “Three Essays on Religion”, p.114, Cosimo, Inc.

• He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.

  John Stuart Mill

  Needs, World, Apes

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