From a very early age Mill was taught different languages such as Greek and Latin, he was also taught mathematics and economics. He was educated by his father, James Mill, mostly and also by his assistant. He was considered one of the greatest thinkers of the Victorian age. John was intentionally sheltered from boys his own age, instead of hunting and enjoying life he was being influenced by his father’s friends. His fathers along with associate Bentham founded utilitarianism.
Like his father James, John intended to follow a strict utilitarianism life style, but later his wife Harriet Taylor influenced him. He later became and advocate for women’s right and involved in politics. He defended individual liberties against the intervention of society and state law. In 1869 Mill argued for the right of women to vote. Plato influenced him in thinking that “higher minds” should be at the head of society. This meant that women would be included, he saw a woman as intellectual equals, which was a thought was too advanced for his time period.
After he branched out from utilitarianism, he later returned to the principles and realized that his father had been grooming him to be a prophet. Mill formed a small society where he taught his fathers political philosophical views. It wasn’t long after this that he experienced a nervous break down, this occurred just as he was becoming a respected member of the intellectual society. It was recorded that his break down was a result of sever mental and physical. I believe it was because he never had a chance to relieve any stress. His father groomed from to be a political and economical mastermind starting at the age of free, he was kept from children his own age in order to develop and mature faster. At the age of three, instead of learning colors and ABC’s he was learning to speak Latin and Greek. He never had a chance to be a child, he didn’t get to experience that part of life so of course at some point enough will be enough and he will break down.
Mill was a natural intellectual, he followed his principles while developing his own. He was a philosopher, an economist, and an author. He wrote theories and developed a religion, but he was never got to experience childhood
Like his father James, John intended to follow a strict utilitarianism life style, but later his wife Harriet Taylor influenced him. He later became and advocate for women’s right and involved in politics. He defended individual liberties against the intervention of society and state law. In 1869 Mill argued for the right of women to vote. Plato influenced him in thinking that “higher minds” should be at the head of society. This meant that women would be included, he saw a woman as intellectual equals, which was a thought was too advanced for his time period.
After he branched out from utilitarianism, he later returned to the principles and realized that his father had been grooming him to be a prophet. Mill formed a small society where he taught his fathers political philosophical views. It wasn’t long after this that he experienced a nervous break down, this occurred just as he was becoming a respected member of the intellectual society. It was recorded that his break down was a result of sever mental and physical. I believe it was because he never had a chance to relieve any stress. His father groomed from to be a political and economical mastermind starting at the age of free, he was kept from children his own age in order to develop and mature faster. At the age of three, instead of learning colors and ABC’s he was learning to speak Latin and Greek. He never had a chance to be a child, he didn’t get to experience that part of life so of course at some point enough will be enough and he will break down.
Mill was a natural intellectual, he followed his principles while developing his own. He was a philosopher, an economist, and an author. He wrote theories and developed a religion, but he was never got to experience childhood
3 comments:
Thanks for your blog on the Biography of John Stuart Mill. You have really helped us in getting a better understanding of this brilliant and intellectual author. I was impressed, and a little jealous of knowing that he was able to speak those different languages at age three. I was still trying to learn my ABC..
I had written about John Stuart Mills as well, but I had concentrate on a single writing "The Subjection of Women." It argues that women have been victims of history, unjustly denied access to their own potential, prevented by the unquestioned habits of mankind from flourishing as fully human beings. As you have said in your blog he defended individual liberties against the intervention of society and state law. This was a man who taught us that there should be equal opportunities for both sexes.
Once again great overview.
Lindsay,
I am glad you enjoyed reading about Mill, but this post is less successful than your better ones because you spend your whole time generalizing about Mill's life and family, and never get to the text. There are no quotations from it, and no analysis.
Lindsay,
I enjoyed reading about Mill's life. I'm a sociology undergrad and the understanding of an author's life helps to put his/her writings in perspective. I wonder whether he was a "natural intellectual" as you stated or whether he was programmed intellectual who never got a chance at childhood. Though, since the average age of death was earlier than ours, they had less time to accomplish things.
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