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    John Stuart Mill

    British philosopher and political economist

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  2. Aug 25, 2016 · John Stuart Mill was born on 20 May 1806 in Pentonville, then a northern suburb of London, to Harriet Barrow and James Mill. James Mill, a Scotsman, had been educated at Edinburgh University—taught by, amongst others, Dugald Stewart—and had moved to London in 1802, where he was to become a friend and prominent ally of Jeremy Bentham and the ...

  3. Biography. John Stuart Mill was born at 13 Rodney Street in Pentonville, then on the edge of the capital and now in central London, the eldest son of Harriet Barrow and the Scottish philosopher, historian, and economist James Mill. John Stuart was educated by his father, with the advice and assistance of Jeremy Bentham and Francis Place.

  4. Mar 1, 2024 · Abstract. Though not always recognized as such, J.S. Mill was a theorist of education. Throughout his writings, he offered various proposals for reforming the system of education in his native England in the pursuit of both greater civilizational progress and increasing individual freedom.

    • jkcynamon@uga.edu
  5. John Stuart Mill, a supporter of state provision of popular and secular education at a national scale in Victorian England, believed education was a means to foster human mind development, accounting also for the future progress of mankind.

    • Elisabete Mendes Silva
    • 2021
  6. Jan 8, 2010 · Summary. Introduction. In this chapter, I explore John Stuart Mill's philosophy of education and its connection and intersection with democracy, within the context of his distinctive form of utilitarianism and his egalitarian liberalism. Mill's writings are notably attentive to educational matters, and it is striking just how many of his works ...

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