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James mill, a scotsman, had been educated at edinburgh universitytaught by, amongst others, dugald stewartand had moved to london in 1802, where he was to become a friend and prominent ally of jeremy bentham and the philosophical radicals. John stuart mill, the collected works of john stuart mill, volume ii the principles of political economy with some of their applications to social philosophy books iii, ed. Introduction that is, the majority, or those who get themselves to be accepted as the majority. John stuart mill stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. The first edition of the novel was published in april 1859, and was written by john stuart mill. Utilitarianism john stuart mill mcmaster faculty of social. Utilitarianism john stuart mill mcmaster faculty of. Pdf on liberty book by john stuart mill free download 187. Collected for the first time in this volume are mills three seminal and most widely read works.
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