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Not Quite Birth But Pretty Darn Close
John Stuart Mills was born in the 19th century and was a philosopher, economist, and moral and political theorist. The reason I am starting this time line so early in his life is that few children have already started to study a language at three (Greek) and a second language (Latin) at eight - this shows the start of an intellectual genius. (John Stuart Mill, Biography.com (John Stuart Mil - Economist, Author - Biography
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Years of Growth
The intellectual capacity of John Stuart Mills continued to excel as he spent many strolls with his well read father. Having studied various disciplines; law, psychology, economics, the like, Mills advancement in political science and law had its early fruition in the establishment of the Utilitarian Society - he has become a studied and quoted philosopher of such. (John Stuart Mill, Britannic.com) John Stuart Mill
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Books, Writings, Philosophy, and Social Impact - Kuhn Module
Kuhn wrote that the scientist has a social bias in their research. In this case, John Stuart Mills became very prolific in the volumes of papers and books he was writing - by 1843 he had written his system of logic (iep.utm.edu) a treatise on induction, and yet, he had his utilitarian views that impacted his logical analysis. Induction as a reaction to Kants 'a priori' reasoning. It was intellectual debates of philosophies. https://www.iep.utm.edu/milljs/ -
Liberty and Utility
"His Utilitarianism remains the classic defense of the view that we ought to aim at maximizing the welfare of all sentient creatures, and that welfare consists of their happiness" On Liberty "Mill lays down "one very simple principle" to govern the use of coercion in society" (Utilitarianism.com).
Mills was intellectually proficient in many social theories as a response to current situations. It was his culture that seemed to drive his ideologies. https://www.utilitarianism.com/jsmill.htm -
The End - Timeline Recap
To end, its the end. He died in 1873. And I think the best way to summarize the timeline, is to see how he viewed key moments in his life - in his autobiography he highlights the key parts of his life - there are seven chapters and the highlight titles are too long for this entry - If one wants to read how Mills viewed his own timeline; I recommend you read his biography. https://www.utilitarianism.com/millauto/
