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Beschreibung
One of the greatest prodigies of his era John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father's hand. Intellectually brilliant fearless and profound he became a leading Victorian liberal thinker whose works - including On Liberty Utilitarianism The Subjection of Women and this Autobiography - are among the crowning achievements of the age. Here he describes the pressures placed on him by his childhood the mental breakdown he suffered as a young man his struggle to understand a world of feelings and emotions far removed from his father's strict didacticism and the later development of his own radical beliefs. A moving account of an extraordinary life this great autobiography reveals a man of deep integrity constantly searching for truth.
One of the greatest prodigies of his era John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father's hand. Intellectually brilliant fearless and profound he became a leading Victorian liberal thinker whose works - including On Liberty Utilitarianism The Subjection of Women and this Autobiography - are among the crowning achievements of the age. Here he describes the pressures placed on him by his childhood the mental breakdown he suffered as a young man his struggle to understand a world of feelings and emotions far removed from his father's strict didacticism and the later development of his own radical beliefs. A moving account of an extraordinary life this great autobiography reveals a man of deep integrity constantly searching for truth.
Über den Autor
John Stuart Mill; Edited with an Introduction by John M. Robson
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Autobiography Introduction
Editor's Note

I. Childhood, and Early Education
II. Moral Influences in Early Youth. My Father's Character and Opinions
III. Last Stage of Education, and First of Self-Education
IV. Youthful Propagandism. The Westminster Review.
V. A Crisis in My Mental History. One Stage Onward
VI. Commencement of the Most Valuable Friendship of My Life. My Father's Death. Writings and Other Proceedings up to 1840
VII. General View of the Remainder of My Life
Index of Personal Names

Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Fachbereich: Biografien
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780140433166
ISBN-10: 0140433163
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Robson, John
Mill, John Stuart
Redaktion: John M. Robson
Hersteller: Penguin Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: John Robson (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2006
Gewicht: 0,293 kg
Artikel-ID: 101432095

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