John Stuart Mill: A Biography

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Cambridge University Press, 12 de jan. de 2004 - 436 páginas
Nicholas Capaldi's biography of John Stuart Mill traces the ways in which Mill's many endeavors are related and explores the significance of his contributions to metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the philosophy of education. Capaldi shows how Mill was groomed for his life by both his father James Mill and Jeremy Bentham, the two most prominent philosophical radicals of the early 19th century. Mill, however, revolted against this education and developed friendships with both Thomas Carlyle and Samuel Taylor Coleridge who introduced him to Romanticism and political conservatism. A special feature of this biography is the attention devoted to Mill's relationship with Harriet Taylor. No one exerted a greater influence than the woman he was eventually to marry. Capaldi reveals just how deep her impact was on Mill's thinking about the emancipation of women. Nicholas Capaldi was until recently the McFarlin Endowed Professor of Philosophy and Research Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa. He is the founder and former Director of Legal Studies. His principal research and teaching interest is in public policy and its intersection with political science, philosophy, law, religion, and economics. He is the author of six books, including The Art of Description (Prometheus, 1987) and How to Win Every Argument (MJF Books, 1999), over fifty articles, and editor of six anthologies. He is a recent recipient of the Templeton Foundation Freedom Project Award.
 

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Childhood and Early Education The Great Experiment 18061820
3
Company Man and Youthful Propagandist 18211826
37
Crisis 18261830
57
The Discovery of Romance and Romanticism 18301840
88
The Transitional Essays
135
Intellectual Success 18401845
159
Worldly Success 18461850
194
Private Years 18501859
233
The Memorial Essays
255
Public Intellectual 18591869
309
Last Years 18691873
338
Notes
373
Bibliography
423
Index
435
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