John Stuart Mill

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John Stuart Mill

Aleksey Narko Szkoła Główna

Handlowa

Born in 1806 in London

British philosopher, political economist and

civil servant

Contributor to social theory, political theory,

and political economy

His father’s main aim was to make a genius

Biography

Aleksey Narko Szkoła Główna Handlowa

3-started studying Greek

8-began studying Latin and was appointed schoolmaster to the younger children of the family

13-introduced to political economy and studied Adam Smith and David Ricardo

with his father

15-massively instructed in a wide

range of subjects

20-suffers nervous breakdown

Refused to study at Oxford and Cambridge

Interesting facts:

Aleksey Narko Szkoła Główna Handlowa

Early works:• Views On Liberty •  Freedom of Speech •  Human Rights and Slavery•  Feminism

Major Ones:• On Liberty• Utilitarianism• Principles of Political Economy

Works:

Aleksey Narko Szkoła Główna Handlowa

Principles of Political Economy

Economic philosophy

Aleksey Narko Szkoła Główna Handlowa

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