A person whose desires and impulses are his own—are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture—is said to have a character. One whose desires and impulses are not his own, has no character, no more than a steam-engine has character…


On Liberty by John Stuart Mill (ed. 1867)


A person whose desires and impulses are his own—are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture—is ...

A person whose desires and impulses are his own—are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture—is ...

A person whose desires and impulses are his own—are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture—is ...

A person whose desires and impulses are his own—are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own culture—is ...