Life
This major life event set Mill on the path to becoming a thinker and philosopher.
What was Mill's mental crisis in his twenties?
This philosophy is defined as: actions that lead to happiness are right and actions that lead to suffering are wrong
What is utilitarianism?
This is the primary reason why Mill is still considered an influential thinker today.
What is the fame of Mill's works?
This aspect of Mill's education exposed him to many philosophical ideas at a young age.
What is reading many Greek and Latin classics, as well as other philosophers' work?
When it came to the amount of power a government should have, Mill believed in this principle.
What is the harm principle?
Name two of Mill's notable works.
Principles of Political Economy, Autobiography, On Liberty, A System of Logic, The Subjection of Women, Utilitarianism
This occupation is what Mill went to university for.
What is a (Presbyterian) minister?
Mill believed that this system of logic was the best way to explain the world.
What is naturalism?
Mill was most well-known for his early support of this societal reform.
What is women's suffrage?
Mill found an opportunity to share his unique ideas with this newspaper, founded in 1824.
What is the Westminster Review?
Mill believed in these two types of informational statements: one that would only tell the listener what a word or phrase means, and another that would tell the listener about the world.
What are verbal propositions and real propositions?
Mill was known as one of the last of this type of philosopher.
What are systematic philosophers?
Mill represented this district in the British Parliament between 1865-1868.
What is the City of Westminster?
These two opposing schools of thought are defined as a belief that the mind operates off of experience, or that experiences are affected by the mind, respectively.
What are a posteriori and a priori?
Mill diffused a confrontation between government officials and workers over the protest of this bill.
What is the 1866 Reformation Bill?