Socialism is a political tract written by English philosopher John Stuart Mill in 1869. The past twenty years in Europe witnessed the spread of socialist ideas among the working class in the civilized world.<br/><br/>Convinced that no idea should ever be censored from public discussion, Mill thought it of great practical consequence that the ideas of Socialism should be thoroughly and impartially considered. He therefore wrote this work to go exhaustively through point by point the arguments presented by socialist thinkers.