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John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a highly influential English philosopher of the Victorian Era. His writings were influenced by the Enlightenment thinkers and German Romanticism. Besides philosophical works, he wrote on mathematics, language, and logic. Well ahead of his time, he advocated the abolition of slavery and was a proponent of both children's and women's rights. However, he is best remembered for his essays on utilitarianism, a philosophy developed by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832).

Life

Born on 20 May 1806 in London, England, John Stuart Mill was the son of the Scottish radical thinker James Mill. James had moved to London to promote Bentham's utilitarian philosophy. Through his father's use of the Socratic method, John was educated by James in the psychological and educational principles of utilitarianism. He was schooled in law, psychology, economics, mathematics, and logic. James Strangroom in his The Great Philosophers wrote that Mill's father's aim was to turn him into a calculation machine. Some believe James accomplished his goal. At the age of three, he read Greek, and at age eight, Latin. By the time he was 14, he had read most of the classic Greek and Latin texts in their original languages. Later, while still in his teens, he edited many of Bentham's unpublished manuscripts.

Like his father, at age 17, he began to rise through the ranks of the British East India Company, remaining there until it closed in 1858. He suffered a nervous breakdown when he was 20. Many believe his repeated bouts of depression were a reaction to the impersonal disciplined teaching of his father and the overwhelming domination that his father imposed on everything in his life. In his The Great Philosophers, Jeremy Strongroom wrote that Mill had been prepared for argumentation and analysis but received no training to help him cope with emotional moods. Luckily, his newfound interest in culture, theater, and the works of English poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) helped him escape his depression.

In 1852, he married a long-time friend, Harriet Taylor, two years after the death of her first husband. She proved to have a significant influence on Mill as his foremost consultant and critic. She died in 1858. Seven years later, he became a member of Parliament (1865-1868) serving only one term. Mill died on 8 May 1873 in Avignon, France. Among his major works are A System of Logic (1853), On Liberty (1859), and The Subjection of Women (1869).

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John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) était un philosophe anglais très influent de l'ère victorienne. Ses écrits avaient été influencés par les penseurs des Lumières et le romantisme allemand. Outre ses travaux philosophiques, il écrivit sur les mathématiques, le langage et la logique. Bien en avance sur son temps, il prôna l'abolition de l'esclavage et défendit les droits des enfants et des femmes. Cependant, on se souvient surtout de lui pour ses essais sur l'utilitarisme, une philosophie développée par Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832).

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[T]he peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.

John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

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"İnanan bir kişi, ilgi duyan doksan dokuz kişilik bir orduya eşittir." John Stuart Mill

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STUPIDITY QUOTE 3 OF 3 Sat, October 9, 2021 "Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person's notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which prevail in the circle by which the person is surrounded. Not so with those whose opinions and feelings are an emanation from their own nature and faculties." - John Stuart Mill, 'The Subjection of Women'

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And...10 Books that Screwed Up the World and 5 others that didn't help has been finished. Another book that earns 5 stars and needs more praise and attention. Especially in the world we live in today. The Scottish philosopher and writer, Thomas Carlyle, was once scolded at a dinner party for incessantly chattering about books. A fellow diner exclaimed, "Ideas, Mr. Carlyle, ideas, nothing but ideas!" To which Carlyle replied, "There once was a man called Rousseau who wrote a book containing nothing but ideas! The second edition was bound in the skin of those who laughed at the first." Ideas have consequences, there is nothing so absurd quipped the ancient Roman philosopher statesman Cicero, that can't be said by a philosopher. Unfortunately, philosopher absurdities aren't limited to class room sophistry and eccentric speculations. They make their way into print and that thereby released upon the public. They can be and have been deadly, dangerous and harmful as deadly diseases. And, as with deadly diseases people can pick up deadly ideas without even noticing. These ideas float, largely undetected in the intellectual air we breathe. By all means do not take my word on it. Simply just look around and realize the path we are on. This book is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by me. Learn from this planet's past so we can correct and not make the same mistakes again. #audiblebooks #worldhistory #theprince #niccolomachiavelli #discorseonmethod #renedescartes #Leviathan #thomashobbes #karlmarx #v.i.lenin #margretsanger #thekinseyreport #frederickengels #bookstagram #books #booklover #booklife #utilitarianism #johnstuartmill #charlesdarwin #decentofman (at Plano, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/COapthvh4B4/?igshid=1qwmykdx513c6

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• “ #Liberty consists in doing what one #desires ” – #JohnStuartMill https://www.instagram.com/p/CKdwUP7hDWi/?igshid=4aasdj3w9u1y