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Birthday Special: John Stuart Mill

Peter Cave of his own free will lists 21 things – and more – that you probably didn’t know about John Stuart Mill.

John Stuart Mill was born 200 years ago, on 20th May 1806. On this anniversary, we give Peter Cave free reign in scattering some observations from, and on, this great British thinker.

When the name of John Stuart Mill is mooted, the words ‘utilitarian’, ‘liberty’, ‘sexual equality’ readily spring to the minds of those in the philosophical know. For those in want of the philosophical know, a quick website search provides basic information. Let us, though, take a lucky dip into some lesser known facts about this highly influential philosopher and his thinking.

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