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Autobiography

John Stuart Mill

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  • Book language: English
  • 175 pages

John Stuart Mill's Autobiography is a prose memoir of his intellectual and moral development. It recounts his rigorous early education, his mental crisis, and the influences that shaped his liberal and utilitarian thought. It is worth listening for its candid reflection on how a mind is formed.

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Opening of the book

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

By John Stuart Mill

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I — CHILDHOOD AND EARLY

EDUCATION

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Contents

  1. AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  2. CHAPTER I — CHILDHOOD AND EARLY EDUCATION
  3. CHAPTER II — MORAL INFLUENCES IN EARLY YOUTH. MY FATHER'S CHARACTER AND OPINIONS
  4. CHAPTER III — LAST STAGE OF EDUCATION, AND FIRST OF SELF-EDUCATION
  5. CHAPTER IV — YOUTHFUL PROPAGANDISM. THE "WESTMINSTER REVIEW"
  6. CHAPTER V — CRISIS IN MY MENTAL HISTORY. ONE STAGE ONWARD
  7. CHAPTER VI.
  8. CHAPTER VII.
  9. NOTES:
  10. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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