On Liberty - John Stuart Mill

I first read this book in the summer prior to starting my A levels. Part of one of my courses was political philosophy so I thought it would be beneficial to read someone's work who is a big name in the field, and so I read 'On Liberty' by J.S Mill. It is not a particularly long book, approximately 120 pages, but it took me absolutely ages to plow through it. I found it ridiculously hard to read. And it was not because the ideas presented are so technical that you have to be a genius to understand them. I think it was more because of the time at which Mill was writing and the style in which he writes. Once I had studied it though, I found it remarkably interesting. Once ...  Read the complete review