(1806-1873)
Influences
- Student of:
- Influenced by: Locke
- Students:
- Influenced: Binet
- Time Period: Modern Foundations
Education
Early Education from his father (beginning with Greek at age three)
Career
- 1823 – 1858 British East India Company
- one term in Parliament (1865-68)
Major Contributions
“…the most influential British social and political thinker of the mid-Victorian period, left a permanent imprint on philosophy through his restatements of the principles underlying philosophical empiricism and utilitarianism. As a defender of individual liberty against state interference, and as an early advocate of women’s equality, Mill continues to be of major significance.”
Publications
- System of Logic (1843)
- Principles of Political Economy (1848)
- On Liberty (1859)
- Utilitarianism (1863)
- The Subjection of Women (1869)
References: 10
Image reprinted from Elliot, H.S. (Ed.) (1910). The letters of John Stuart Mill. London: Longmans, Green & Company