The improbable invention
The birth of the modern idea of freedom of expression, from John Milton to John Stuart Mill
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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2021.1.41200Keywords:
Freedom of expression, Censorship, Modern political thinkingAbstract
Tolerance and freedom of expression are improbable ideas at the time of religious wars that shattered post-reform Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. The paper seeks to understand how these ideas were taken, and what are the fundamental arguments that served for their affirmation, in the modern world. For this, the text analyzes the historical and intellectual path that goes from the publication of Aeropagítica, by John Milton, to On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill, through the argument developed by John Locke, in his Dutch exile, the Letter on Tolerance, and the writings of James Madison in the context that leads to the institution and consolidation of the First Amendment to the American Constitution.
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