Mill, Inaugural Address at St. Andrews.
Mill, Inaugural Address at St. Andrews.
Mill, John Stuart. Inaugural Address at St. Andrews. Delivered to the University of St. Andrews. Feb. 1st, 1867. People’s Edition. London, Longmans, Green and Co., Not Dated. 19 x 13 cm, 48 pages. Original brown cloth hard cover. Gilt title and author’s name on front board. Blind decorations on boards. Good condition. Minor rubbing / bumping to boards, corners and spine. Small piece (9 x 3 cm) of front free end paper has been cut out. Some neat pencil underlining in text. John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory and political economy. Dubbed “the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century”, Mill’s conception of liberty justified 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, and contributed significantly to the theory of the scientific method. A member of the Liberal Party, he was also the first Member of Parliament to call for women’s suffrage.In his inaugural address at the University of St. Andrews he outlines his thoughts concerning the value of culture.
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