John Stuart Mill: His Life and Works - Twelve Sketches [A Memorial]

Henry Holt reissue of Osgood edition. Top edge foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. 1873 Hard Cover. 96 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles, blind-stamped borders. A collection of biographical sketches of the English philosopher intended as a memorial by his contemporaries. Includes: A Sketch of His Life; His Career in the India House; His Moral Character; His Botanical Studies; His Place as a Critic; His Work in Philosophy; His Studies in Morals and Jurisprudence; His Work in Political Economy; His Influence at the Universities; His Influence as a Practical Politician; His Relation to Positivism; His Position as a Philosopher. Contributors include: Herbert Spencer; H.R. Fox Bourne; W.T. Thornton; Henry Trimen; W. Minto; J.H. Levy; W.A. Hunter; J.E. Cairnes; Henry Fawcett; Millicent Garrett Fawcett; Frederic Harrison. "John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 - 7 May 1873), usually cited as J.S. Mill, was an English philosopher, political economist, and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century", he conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control. Mill was a proponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by his predecessor Jeremy Bentham. He contributed to the investigation of scientific methodology, though his knowledge of the topic was based on the writings of others, notably William Whewell, John Herschel, and Auguste Comte, and research carried out for Mill by Alexander Bain. He engaged in written debate with Whewell. A member of the Liberal Party and author of the early feminist work The Subjection of Women, Mill was also the second Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage after Henry Hunt in 1832.…