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Born in Pentonville, London, United Kingdom to British historian, economist, and philosopher James Mill
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He was educated exclusively by his father
Education included included the original Greek Aesop’s Fables, Xenophon’s Anabasis, and the whole of the historian Herodotus.
At the age of eight he started Latin, the geometry of Euclid, and algebra and began to teach the younger children of the family
Scholastic logic, political economy -
Mill had charge of the British East India Company’s relations with the Indian states, and in 1856 he became chief of the examiner’s office
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Attempt to formulate a logic of the human sciences—including history, psychology, and sociology
Mill, John S. A System of Logic Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence and the Methods of Scientific Investigation. London: Longmans, Green, 1886. -
On Liberty is a philosophical essay that applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state.
Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. Dover Publications, 2002. -
Utilitarianism is a classic exposition and defence of utilitarianism in ethics
Mill, John Stuart. Utilitarianism . London, Parker, son, and Bourn, 1863. -
In An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy, Mill explains why Hamilton's views on the limitations of human knowledge were, to Mil's thinking, wrong, and in the process, lays out his own ideas on the freedom of human will.
Mill, John S. An Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy: And of the Principal Philosophical Questions Discussed in His Writings. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1865. -
English philosopher, economist, and exponent of utilitarianism.
Mill seized every chance for exposing departures from sound principles in Parliament and courts of justice.
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In Avignon, France