...(Mill [1859] 1977, p. 258) 118 The Worst Enemy of Science? Regarding the first reason, Mill argues: the opinion which it is attempted to suppress by authority...course deny its truth; but they are not infallible . . . To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that...

...have nothing to do with the intrinsic difficulfy of the ideas he is sefting forward. Tirst: the opimon which it is attempted to suppress by authority may...true. Those who desire to suppress it, of course, dany its truth; but they are not infallible. They have no authority to decide the question for all...

...which it is attempted to suppress by authonty may possibly be trua. Those who desire to suppress iL of course, deny its truth; but they are not infallible. They have no authonty to decide the qusstion for all mankind and exclude every other person from the means of judging....

...Mill's attack on censorship in On Liberty received justified support. The English liberal noted that 'the opinion which it is attempted to suppress by...course, deny its truth but they are not infallible ... All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility' (Mill 1861: 22)." This presumed...

...expression, Mill gives four main arguments in defence of his conclusion. He begins a paragraph: 'First, the opinion which it is attempted to suppress by authority...course, deny its truth; but they are not infallible' (Mill, On Liberty, Penguin edn, p. 77). These two sentences summarise the main point that Mill goes...

...were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. First, the opinion which it is attempted to suppress may possibly be true. Those who desire to suppress...course, deny its truth: but they are not infallible. The silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility, for while everyone knows himself to...

...impression of truth produced by its collusion with a wrong opinion. Mill further says, "Those who want to suppress it, of course, deny its truth; but they...an opinion because they are sure that it is false to assume that their certainty is the samething as absolute certainty. All silencing of discussion...

...his argument. 'Those who desire to suppress [another opinion], of course, deny its truth', he began. 'But they are not infallible. They have no authority...an opinion because they are sure that it is false,' Mill continued, 'is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty.' This returned...

...the authority attempts to suppress may possibly be true. Of course those who desire to suppress it, deny its truth, but they are not infallible. They have no authority to decide the question for all people and exclude every other person from the means of judging. To refuse a hearing to an opinion...