On Liberty — Page 14
It is true that Mill had before learnt that men and women ought to be equal in legal, political, social, and domestic relations.
Es stimmt, dass Mill zuvor gelernt hatte, dass Männer und Frauen in rechtlicher, politischer, gesellschaftlicher und häuslicher Hinsicht gleich sein sollten.
This was a point on which he had already fallen foul of his father's essay on _Government_.
Dies war ein Punkt, in dem er bereits mit dem Essay seines Vaters über die _Regierung_ in Konflikt geraten war.
But Mrs. Taylor had actually written on this very point, and the warmth and fervour of Mill's denunciations of women's servitude were unmistakably caught from his wife's view of the practical disabilities entailed by the feminine position.
Aber Mrs. Taylor hatte tatsächlich über genau diesen Punkt geschrieben, und die Wärme und Leidenschaft von Mills Anprangerungen der Knechtschaft der Frauen waren unverkennbar der Sichtweise seiner Frau auf die praktischen Nachteile der weiblichen Stellung entnommen.
_Liberty_ was published in 1859, when the nineteenth century was half over, but in its general spirit and in some of its special tendencies the little tract belongs rather to the standpoint of the eighteenth century than to that which saw its birth.
_Liberty_ wurde 1859 veröffentlicht, als das neunzehnte Jahrhundert zur Hälfte vorbei war, aber in seinem allgemeinen Geist und in einigen seiner besonderen Tendenzen gehört die kleine Schrift eher zum Standpunkt des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts als zu jenem, das ihre Entstehung erlebte.
In many of his speculations John Stuart Mill forms a sort of connecting link between the doctrines of the earlier English empirical school and those which we associate with the name of Mr. Herbert Spencer.
In vielen seiner Überlegungen bildet John Stuart Mill eine Art Bindeglied zwischen den Lehren der früheren englischen empirischen Schule und jenen, die wir mit dem Namen Herbert Spencer verbinden.
In his _Logic_, for instance, he represents an advance on the theories of Hume, and yet does not see how profoundly the victories of Science modify the conclusions of the earlier thinker.
In seiner _Logik_ beispielsweise stellt er einen Fortschritt gegenüber den Theorien Humes dar und sieht dennoch nicht, wie tiefgreifend die Errungenschaften der Wissenschaft die Schlussfolgerungen des früheren Denkers verändern.
Similarly, in his _Political Economy_, he desires to improve and to enlarge upon Ricardo, and yet does not advance so far as the modifications of political economy by Sociology, indicated by some later--and especially German--speculations on the subject.
Ebenso möchte er in seiner _Politischen Ökonomie_ Ricardo verbessern und erweitern, gelangt jedoch nicht so weit wie die Modifikationen der politischen Ökonomie durch die Soziologie, die durch einige spätere – und insbesondere deutsche – Spekulationen zu diesem Thema angedeutet werden.
Vocabulary
- stimmt
- It is correct; to be true or accurate
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- zuvor
- Previously; before a certain point in time
- gelernt
- Learned; past participle of lernen, to learn
- hatte
- Had; simple past tense of haben
- Männer
- Men; plural of Mann, adult male persons
- Frauen
- Women; plural of Frau, adult female persons
- rechtlicher
- Legal; adjective relating to law or legal status
- politischer
- Political; adjective relating to politics or governance
- gesellschaftlicher
- Social; adjective relating to society or community
- häuslicher
- Domestic; adjective relating to the home or household
- Hinsicht
- Regard; respect or consideration of a particular aspect
- gleich
- Equal; same or identical in status or value
- sollten
- Should; past subjunctive of sollen, expressing obligation
- Dies
- This; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby
- war
- Was; simple past tense of sein, to be
- Punkt
- Point; a specific issue, topic, or matter
- bereits
- Already; indicating something has happened beforehand
- Essay
- Essay; a short written piece on a specific topic
- Vaters
- Father's; genitive of Vater, referring to one's father
- _Regierung_
- Government; the authority that governs a state
- Konflikt
- Conflict; a serious disagreement or clash of ideas
- geraten
- To get into; to fall into a situation unintentionally
- tatsächlich
- Actually; in fact or in reality, truly
- genau
- Exactly; precisely or accurately describing something
- geschrieben
- Written; past participle of schreiben, to write
- Wärme
- Warmth; heat or emotional warmth and affection
- Leidenschaft
- Passion; intense enthusiasm or strong emotional feeling
- Anprangerungen
- Denunciations; public condemnations or exposures of wrongdoing
- Knechtschaft
- Servitude; condition of bondage or subjugation
- waren
- Were; simple past plural of sein, to be
- unverkennbar
- Unmistakable; clearly recognizable beyond any doubt
- Sichtweise
- Perspective; a particular viewpoint or way of seeing things
- Frau
- Wife/woman; a married woman or adult female
- praktischen
- Practical; adjective relating to real-world application
- Nachteile
- Disadvantages; unfavorable conditions or drawbacks
- weiblichen
- Female; adjective pertaining to women or femininity
- Stellung
- Position; a person's social or occupational standing
- entnommen
- Taken from; derived or extracted from a source
- wurde
- Was/became; simple past passive auxiliary of werden
- veröffentlicht
- Published; past participle of veröffentlichen, to publish
- neunzehnte
- Nineteenth; ordinal number for position nineteen
- Jahrhundert
- Century; a period of one hundred years
- Hälfte
- Half; one of two equal parts of something
- vorbei
- Over/past; indicating something has ended or passed
- allgemeinen
- General; adjective relating to what is broadly applicable
- Geist
- Spirit/mind; the intellectual or spiritual character of something
- einigen
- Some; indefinite pronoun indicating a few or several
- besonderen
- Particular; adjective meaning specific or special
- Tendenzen
- Tendencies; general inclinations or trends in thought
- gehört
- Belongs; third-person singular of gehören, to belong
- Schrift
- Writing/tract; a written work or short publication
- eher
- Rather/more; indicating preference or greater likelihood
- Standpunkt
- Standpoint; a particular attitude or viewpoint held
- achtzehnten
- Eighteenth; ordinal number referring to the 18th century
- Jahrhunderts
- Century's; genitive of Jahrhundert, a hundred-year period
- jenem
- That; dative form of demonstrative pronoun jener
- Entstehung
- Origin; the emergence or coming into being of something
- erlebte
- Experienced; simple past of erleben, to experience
- Überlegungen
- Considerations; careful thoughts or reflections on a matter
- bildet
- Forms; third-person singular of bilden, to form
- Art
- Kind/sort; a type or manner of something
- Bindeglied
- Link; a connecting element between two things or ideas
- zwischen
- Between; preposition indicating a position separating two things
- Lehren
- Teachings/doctrines; ideas or principles taught by someone
- früheren
- Earlier; adjective describing something from a prior time
- englischen
- English; adjective relating to England or its culture
- empirischen
- Empirical; based on observation and experience rather than theory
- Schule
- School; an institution or a tradition of thought
- jenen
- Those; dative plural demonstrative pronoun
- Namen
- Name; a word by which someone or something is known
- verbinden
- To connect/associate; to link things or ideas together
- beispielsweise
- For example; used to introduce an illustrative instance
- stellt
- Represents; third-person singular of stellen, to place or represent
- Fortschritt
- Progress; advancement or improvement beyond a previous state
- gegenüber
- Compared to/opposite; preposition indicating contrast or position
- Theorien
- Theories; systematic sets of ideas explaining phenomena
- dar
- Part of darstellen; to represent or constitute something
- sieht
- Sees; third-person singular of sehen, to see
- dennoch
- Nevertheless; despite that, still or yet
- tiefgreifend
- Profound/far-reaching; describing deep or significant change
- Errungenschaften
- Achievements; significant accomplishments or advances made
- Wissenschaft
- Science; systematic knowledge gained through study and research
- Schlussfolgerungen
- Conclusions; logical deductions drawn from evidence or reasoning
- Denkers
- Thinker's; genitive of Denker, a person who thinks deeply
- verändern
- To change; to alter or transform something significantly
- Ebenso
- Likewise; in the same way or similarly
- möchte
- Would like; polite form of wollen, to want
- Ökonomie_
- Economy; part of title referring to political economy
- verbessern
- To improve; to make something better or more effective
- erweitern
- To expand; to broaden or extend the scope of something
- gelangt
- Arrives/reaches; third-person singular of gelangen, to reach
- jedoch
- However; conjunction indicating contrast or qualification
- weit
- Far/as far; indicating extent or distance
- Modifikationen
- Modifications; changes or alterations made to something
- politischen
- Political; adjective relating to politics in dative form
- Soziologie
- Sociology; the study of society and social behavior
- einige
- Some; indicating a small number of things or people
- spätere
- Later; adjective referring to a subsequent period or time
- insbesondere
- In particular; especially or specifically among others
- deutsche
- German; adjective relating to Germany or German culture
- Spekulationen
- Speculations; theoretical ideas or conjectures about a topic
- Thema
- Topic/theme; a subject or issue being discussed
- angedeutet
- Suggested/hinted; past participle of andeuten, to indicate
- werden
- To become/will; auxiliary verb for future or passive voice
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