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John Stuart Mill: life - 1

John Stuart Mill: Life & times

Times Life John Stuart Mill (1806-

1873) Home schooled

At age of three learned Greek

At age of eight, Latin

At thirteen, political economy



Times

This was shortly after the French Revolution (1789-1799)

At fourteen, his father sent him to study in France.



Times Aside on the British

Empire Began with the

chartering of the Virginia Company in 1607 and ended (or did it . . . the Fauklands) with the transfer of Hong Kong to the Chinese in 1997.

Life On return to

England, studied law.

In 1822, began working for the India House. Worked for this company until 1858.



Times The justification for

empire-building: To bring a higher civilization to backward peoples.

The British Empire reached its height on the eve of WWI (1914). The Empire covered a quarter of the earth’s land surface & had a population of 425 million.

Life On return to

England, studied law.

1822-23 – founded the Utilitarian Society. Small group which met regularly until 1826.



Times The London-based

East India Company was formed in 1600 to engage in trade with India, Malaya, and Java.

Life In 1822, began

working for the East India Company. Worked for this company until 1858.



East India Company, home office, London. 1817.



Times It remained a

commercial enterprise until the 1790s, when it gradually became an arm of the British government.

It was dissolved in 1858. Mill strongly opposed the dissolution.

Life In 1826, suffered a

mental breakdown; turn to the Romantic poets



Life 1830 - met & fell in

love with Harriet Taylor



Times Life 1843 - System of

Logic 1851 - married

Harriet Taylor; she died in 1858



Times Industrial Revolution

- began in 1750s, but did not become pronounced until after 1815.

Revolution consisted of a move from agricultural society to industry-based society.

Life 1859 - On Liberty,

dedicated to Harriet Taylor

1861 - Utilitarianism 1865 - member of

Parliament; lobbied for women’s right to vote; lost seat in 1868



Times Industrial Revolution

- began in 1750s, but did not become pronounced until after 1815.

Revolution consisted of a move from agricultural society to industry-based society.

Life



Times Modern industrialism

is the mass production of goods by means of machines driven by generated power and set up in factories

New inventions Awful conditions of

workers . . . gradual reform

Life 1869 - published

On the Subjection of Women (written in 1861)

1868 - retired to Avignon where he died in 1879.

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