PHL267H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: John Stuart Mill, Rule Utilitarianism, James Mill
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Asterisks indicate points of particular importance: life and character of john stuart mill (1806-1873, early life. Son of utilitarian philosopher james mill, an associate of jeremy bentham, john. Effects of this education (from his autobiography): I conceive that the description so often given of a benthamite, as a mere reasoning machine was during two or three years of my life not altogether untrue of me. No!" at this my heart sank within me: the whole foundation on which my life was constructed fell down. Attributes his recovery to his discovery of romantic poets, like coleridge and. From this episode, he drew certain lessons: i, for the first time, gave its proper place, among the prime necessities of human well-being, to the internal culture of the individual. I ceased to attach almost exclusive importance to the ordering of outward circumstances, and the training of the human being for speculation and for action. : adult life.
