Vol. 7 — October 2026
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Autobiography

John Stuart Mill · English

John Stuart Mill's Autobiography, published in 1873 shortly after his death, is an account of his intellectual and moral development rather than of outward events.

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John Stuart Mill's Autobiography, published in 1873 shortly after his death, is an account of his intellectual and moral development rather than of outward events. In seven chapters he describes the demanding education he received from his father, James Mill, beginning with Greek at the age of three, and his early work for utilitarian causes. He then recounts the mental crisis he went through at twenty and his recovery through poetry and feeling, his long friendship and later marriage with Harriet Taylor, and his writings and public life, including his years in Parliament.

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