Stuart Mill: 158 books

John Stuart Mill was born on 20th May 1806. He was a delicate child, and the extraordinary education designed by his father was not calculated to develop and improve his physical powers. "I never was a boy," he says; "never played cricket." His exercise was taken in the form of...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism, which first appeared in three installments of Fraser's Magazine in 1861, was intended as a defense of the notorious doctrine identified with the liberal reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)...

Bibbia delle suffragette inglesi e di tutti i movimenti femministi mondiali, questo saggio scritto da John Stuart Mill nel 1869 è una appassionata e ben documentata difesa dei pieni diritti morali, civili e politici delle donne. Mill sostiene che la sottomissione delle donne agli uomini è uno dei...

Premier opus de maturité de l’immense penseur et économiste anglais que fut John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), les Principles of Political Economy with some of their Applications to Social Philosophy ont été maintes fois réédités après leur parution initiale en 1848 : ils furent en effet « le...

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive is an 1843 book by English philosopher John Stuart Mill. In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning that are known as Mill's Methods. This work is important in the philosophy of science, and more generally, insofar as it outlines...

An experience of five years with Mr. Mill's treatise in the class-room not only convinced me of the great usefulness of what still remains one of the most lucid and systematic books yet published which cover the whole range of the study, but I have also been convinced of the need of such additions as...

Discussed and debated from time immemorial, the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the 1859 publication of On Liberty. John Stuart Mill's complete and resolute dedication to the cause of freedom inspired this treatise, an enduring work through which the concept remains well...

How do we decide what is "good" and what is "bad"? According to the ethical theory of Utilitarianism, to do good is to "always perform that act, of those available, that will bring the most happiness or the least unhappiness." By far the most widely read introduction...

One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of an action rests in how well it promotes the welfare of those affected by it, aiming for 'the greatest happiness of the greatest number'. Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was...

A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century. Regarded as one of the sacred texts of liberalism, his great work On Liberty argues lucidly...

Contents: 1. Autobiography and On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill 2. Characteristics, Inaugural Address at Edinburgh, and Sir Walter Scott, by Thomas Carlyle Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die (Golden Deer Classics)

On Liberty: A Translation into Modern English This is a current language version of John Stuart Mill’s classic 1859 essay – translating the work into modern English to improve its readability and understandability. The translation is substantive but retains original word order and grammar...

This file includes: On Libery, Utilitariansism, Considerationson Representative Government, The Contest in America, Socialism, The Subjection of Women, Auguste Comte and Positivism, A System of Logic, Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy, and Autobiography. According to Wikipedia:...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), a British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. He was an advocate of utilitarianism,...