Life
Ideas
Impact
100

This major life event set Mill on the path to becoming a thinker and philosopher.

What was Mill's mental crisis in his twenties?

100

This philosophy is defined as: actions that lead to happiness are right and actions that lead to suffering are wrong

What is utilitarianism?

100

This is the primary reason why Mill is still considered an influential thinker today.

What is the fame of Mill's works?

200

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?

200

When it came to the amount of power a government should have, Mill believed in this principle.

What is the harm principle?

200

Name two of Mill's notable works.

Principles of Political Economy, Autobiography, On Liberty, A System of Logic, The Subjection of Women, Utilitarianism

300

This occupation is what Mill went to university for.

What is a (Presbyterian) minister?

300

Mill believed that this system of logic was the best way to explain the world.

What is naturalism?

300

Mill was most well-known for his early support of this societal reform.

What is women's suffrage?

400

Mill found an opportunity to share his unique ideas with this newspaper, founded in 1824.

What is the Westminster Review?

400

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?

400

Mill was known as one of the last of this type of philosopher.

What are systematic philosophers?

500

Mill represented this district in the British Parliament between 1865-1868.

What is the City of Westminster?

500

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?

500

Mill diffused a confrontation between government officials and workers over the protest of this bill.

What is the 1866 Reformation Bill?