One of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father's hand. Intellectually brilliant, fearless and profound, he became a leading Victorian liberal thinker, whose works - including On Liberty, Utilitarianism, The Subjection of Women and this Autobiography - are among the crowning achievements of the age. Here he describes the pressures placed on him by his childhood, the mental breakdown he suffered as a young man, his struggle to understand a world of feelings and emotions far removed from his father's strict didacticism, and the later development of his own radical beliefs. A moving account of an extraordinary life, this great autobiography reveals a man of deep integrity, constantly searching for truth.
By:
John Robson,
John Stuart Mill
Introduction by:
John M. Robson
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 179g
ISBN: 9780140433166
ISBN 10: 0140433163
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 23 November 1989
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Autobiography Introduction Editor's Note I. Childhood, and Early Education II. Moral Influences in Early Youth. My Father's Character and Opinions III. Last Stage of Education, and First of Self-Education IV. Youthful Propagandism. The Westminster Review. V. A Crisis in My Mental History. One Stage Onward VI. Commencement of the Most Valuable Friendship of My Life. My Father's Death. Writings and Other Proceedings up to 1840 VII. General View of the Remainder of My Life Index of Personal Names
