John Stuart Mill’s Platonic Heritage: Happiness through

John Stuart Mill’s Platonic Heritage: Happiness through Character

In the early draft of his Autobiography (London, 1873), John Stuart Mill described himself as â€œa pupil of Plato, and cast in the mould of his dialectics.â€ However, how Platoâ€™s influence came about, to what extent, and with regard to which aspects of Millâ€™s thought, form questions that do not usually preoccupy Mill scholarship. To fill this gap in critical attention, this book draws upon a variety of primary sources to pay particular attention to Millâ€™s concern with reform, method, character, virtue, and happiness through his reading of the ancient Greeksâ€”particularly Plato. At the same time, this book focuses on the intellectual relationship between father and son, studying their responses to the prevalent trends as to the worth of classical studies and of Platonic philosophy in nineteenth-century Britain. Not only does John Stuart Millâ€™s â€œintoxicationâ€ with ancient Greece manifest itself in all those aspects of his works already mentioned; butâ€”what is most importantâ€”it also permeates his unvarying aim: the improvement of mankind through the improvement of its individual members.
Country USA
Brand Lexington Books
Manufacturer Lexington Books
Binding Hardcover
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ReleaseDate 2013-03-22
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EANs 9780739173930

John Stuart Mill’s Platonic Heritage: Happiness through Character