John Stuart Mill: Quick Facts


Facts

Born May 20, 1806 • London • England
Died May 8, 1873 (aged 66) • Avignon • France
Notable Works “A System of Logic” • “Autobiography” • “Considerations on Representative Government” • “Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy” • “Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy” • “On Liberty” • “Principles of Political Economy” • “The Subjection of Women” • “Utilitarianism”
Notable Family Members father James Mill
Subjects Of Study induction • utilitarianism

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Aristotle
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Bertrand Russell
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Socrates
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David Hume
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Rudolf Carnap
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Plato
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John Locke
John Locke
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Immanuel Kant
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Adam Smith
Adam Smith
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Auguste Comte
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James Mill
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Willard Van Orman Quine
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