Abstract
John Stuart Mill was born in 1806 in London. His father, James Mill, was a leading intellectual figure in the England of his day. James assumed direct responsibility for the education of his son; John Stuart grew into a widely read, well informed and inquisitive young person without ever having attended school. He studied the Classics in the original, mastered mathematics and logic, and spent considerable time acquainting himself with both the details of history and the results of the sciences. By the age of 15 he had become a vigorous participant in the social and political debates which occupied the reform-minded utilitarians who viewed Jeremy Bentham and James Mill as their leaders.
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