![]() ![]() ![]() In the subsequent forty-five years he produced major works on logic and political economy, and numerous essays and studies of which the four collected in this volume are the most famous. In his late teens Mill became a passionate advocate and proselytizer for Bentham’s ideas, but his Autobiography, published after his death, confesses to a ‘mental crisis’ in his early twenties that left him concerned to develop what he saw as a more complex, liberal, utilitarian philosophy. His father, James Mill, a close associate of the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, took responsibility for his eldest son’s education, teaching him ancient Greek at the age of 3 and equipping him with a deep and an extremely broad knowledge of the physical and moral sciences of the day. Oxford world’s classics ON LIBERTY, UTILITARIANISM, and other essays John Stuart Mill (1806–73), philosopher, economist, and political thinker, was the most prominent figure of nineteenth-century English intellectual life and his work has continuing significance for contemporary debates about ethics, politics, and economics. Table of contents : On Liberty, Utilitarianism, And Other Essays Acknowledgements Contents Introduction Note On The Text Select Bibliography A Chronology Of John Stuart Mill ON LIBERTY UTILITARIANISM CONSIDERATIONS ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN Explanatory Notes Index Citation preview ![]()
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