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Autobiography (Paperback)
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It may be useful that there should be some record of an education
which was unusual and remarkable 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. His father, James Mill, a
close associate of the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham,
assumed responsibility for his eldest son's education, teaching him
ancient Greek at the age of three and equipping him with a broad
knowledge of the physical and moral sciences of the day. Mill's
Autobiography was written to give an account of the extraordinary
education he received at the hands of his father and to express his
gratitude to those he saw as influencing his thought, but it is
also an exercise in self-analysis and an attempt to vindicate
himself against claims that he was the product of hothousing. The
Autobiography also acknowledges the substantial contribution made
to Mill's thinking and writings by Harriet Taylor, whom he met when
he was twenty-four, and married twenty-one years later, after the
death of her husband. The Autobiography helps us understand more
fully some of the principal commitments that Mill's political
philosophy has become famous for, in particular his appreciation of
the diversity, plurality, and complexity of ways of life and their
possibilities. This edition of the Autobiography includes
additional manuscript materials from earlier drafts which
demonstrate the conflicting imperatives that influenced
Mill'schoice of exactly what to say about some of the most
significant episodes and relationships in his life. Mark Philps
introduction explores the forces that led Mill to write the 'life'
and points to the tensions in the text and in Mill's life.
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