1. John Stuart Mill: life - 1 John Stuart Mill: Life & times zJohn Stuart Mill (1806-1873) yHome schooled xAt age of three learned Greek xAt age of eight, Latin xAt thirteen, political economy yAt fourteen, his father sent him to study in France.

2. John Stuart Mill: life - 2 John Stuart Mill: Life & times yOn return to England, studied law. yIn 1822, began working for the India House. Worked for this company until 1858. xAside on the British Empire Began with the chartering of the Virginia Company in 1607 and ended (or did it--the Fauklands) with the transfer of Hong Kong to the Chinese in 1997.

3. John Stuart Mill: life - 3 John Stuart Mill: Life & times The justification for empire-building: To bring a higher civilization to backward peoples. The British Empire reached its height on the eve of WWI (1914). The Empire covered a quarter of the earth’s land surface & had a population of 425 million.

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5. John Stuart Mill: life - 5 John Stuart Mill: Life & times The London-based East India Company was formed in 1600 to engage in trade with India, Malaya, and Java. It remained a commercial enterprise until the 1790s, when it gradually became an arm of the British government. It was dissolved in 1858. Mill strongly opposed the dissolution.

6. John Stuart Mill: life - 6 John Stuart Mill: Life & times zReturn to Mill’s life yAt seventeen, founded the Utilitarian Society yIn 1826, suffered a mental breakdown y1830 - met & fell in love with Harriet Taylor

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8. John Stuart Mill: life - 8 John Stuart Mill: Life & times y1843 - System of Logic y1851 - married Harriet Taylor; she died in 1858

9. John Stuart Mill: life - 9 John Stuart Mill: Life & times y1859 - On Liberty, dedicated to Harriet Taylor y1861 - Utilitarianism y1865 - member of Parliament; lobbied for women’s right to vote; lost seat in 1868

10. John Stuart Mill: life - 10 John Stuart Mill: Life & times y1869 - published On the Subjection of Women (written in 1861) y1868 - retired to Avignon where he died in 1879.

11. John Stuart Mill: life - 11 John Stuart Mill: Life & times