John Stuart Mills Romanticism And Radicalism

John Locke was born on August 29th, 1632 in Wrington, Somerset. John’s father was a lawyer and a small landowner. He fought on the parliamentarian side during the English civil war of the 1640s. John attended elite Westminster School. Between 1652 and 1667, John enrolled in Christ Church, Oxford where he was a student and a lecturer. He attended Christ Church so he could study medicine. Medicine has played a large role in his life and he was always fascinated of it. John received an outstanding education because of his father’s connections and allegiance to the English government. He, later on, became a highly influential philosopher, writing about political philosophy, epistemology, and education. John Locke’s writings helped found modern Western philosophy.

John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806- 8 May 1873) was born in London, England. He was a renowned philosopher best known for his interpretation of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by Jeremy Bentham. Utilitarianism is based on the concept that an actions morality should be judged solely upon its resulting

The topic that I have chose is American Romanticism. When I first began reading about this topic, I was puzzled. I selected this topic in an effort to better understand what I was reading. Before I began reading about American Romanticism, I did not have much knowledge about the topic as history confuses me and I cannot remember it well. Due to the part of the reading that I understood, the question that I want to have answered is the following: do people today take ideas from American Romanticism more seriously than the people of their time did?

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (“Declaration”). These words, spoken by a wise and prominent man by the name of Thomas Jefferson, were greatly influenced by the Enlightenment’s most profound philosopher, John Locke. Since the beginning of Enlightenment to the 21st century, Locke’s ideas have been behind countless innovators, philosophers, and politicians; including our very own Founding Fathers. From being an enlightened philosopher to creating bold, new ideas, John Locke is the single most influential person in history because he helped

It was the year of 1632 when one of the most famous philosophers and political theorists of the 17th century was born in Wrington, United Kingdom. His name was John Locke. He was born on August 29, 1632 to John and Agnes Keene Locke. Locke’s father was a Puritan Attorney and a clerk to the English Civil War, who also owned a good deal of land, which allows Locke have access to a successful education he obtained. His mother, Agnes Keene, was a tanner’s daughter and was told to be very beautiful. Both parents were Puritans, and moved after the birth of their son, John Locke. Locke spent his early childhood in the West Country and received a private education since his father has connections and allegiance to the English Government. Locke had live through many major events that had happened during throughout his lifetime.

Under the watchful guidance of his father he received a very demanding education in many different fields; but was most dedicated to history and economics. The influence his father had on him is seen in the utilitarianism beliefs that he inherited and these beliefs are therein visible in the majority of his works and arguments. At the age of fifteen, Mill began studying under Jeremy Bentham, a close friend and associate of his father, as well as the founder of classical utilitarianism. Mill’s study, and eventual compilation of, various fragments of Bentham’s theories on legal evidence into a lengthy and coherent treatise gave Mill a sense of the greater good that should exist within society, inspiring him to begin a life with the goal of changing the world in the interest of human well-being. In 1823 his father secured him a position in the East India Company where he eventually rose in the ranks to chief examiner, the same position his father had held. However following the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the British Parliament announced the Company would be disband. Despite an enthusiastic defense Mill had prepared on the importance the Company served in terms of governance provided to the Indian civilians his efforts were unsuccessful. Only a year after his promotion, the Company was dissolved and Mill retired in

John Stuart Mill, born in London in the year 1806, had no escape from becoming anything less than brilliant. His father, James Mill, made sure he received the best education at a very young age. Nonetheless, the subject of interest was economics, which his father was very knowledgeable of and expected him to succeed in it as well. James Mill wrote a book based on the summaries written by a teenage John Stuart Mill at the end of each economics session. The young Mill grew into a very intelligent man although he suffered with mental crisis. He had a lot of wisdom to offer and played an essential role in the era of classical economics. John Stuart Mill revealed some hints of a socialist

Biases: John Stuart Mill, was an influential English- speaking philosopher that based his theories around freedom of action. Mill was against the discrimination by the government toward society. He believes that society should have the right to act by their own means without harming someone else, then the individual should not be questioned, but if their actions cause consequences then the government has the right to act on punishment.

Mill’s ideas were quite revolutionary at the period of time that he was writing in as Jonathan Wolff states “For centuries people have been persecuted for worshipping the wrong god, or for not worshipping at all. But what harm did they do anyone but anyone or anything, except maybe their immortal souls?” (Wolff, Introduction to political

During the years leading up to 1800, America had gained its political freedom from England. Establishing a cultural independence was just beginning. American Literature while closely tied to English literary influences was finding its own voice known as American Romanticism. Romanticism as a literary movement originated in Europe at the end of the 18th century. From this early stage, Romanticism quickly spread to England in 1789 with Wordsworth’s publication of Lyrical Ballads and jumped almost immediately to America. Some of the Romantic elements featured individualism, nature-worship, philosophic idealism, religious mysticism, opposition to political authority and social convention, and a continuing interest in the supernatural. It was

John Stuart Mill was a classical liberal thinker and believed, through the influence of his father, that man deserved to live a life that promoted the greatest amount of happiness with limited government intervention. Mill grew up with the belief that there was no God and therefore believed that man is born inherently good; government should be limited to allow individuals to make their own decisions from their inherently good instincts; economic freedom provided individuals with the protection of rights and promoted the ideology that Mill stood for most, Utilitarianism which highly influenced classical liberalism.

Hans Christian Andersen said "Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." He is one

John Stuart Mill would evaluate this situation by praising the individuality of Johnson. In the eyes of Mill’s, Johnson helped shape public opinion while promoting liberty and freedom. He would praise him for not conforming to society and social pressure’s by going against the Tribune Company and asking the community to support him.

British philosopher and economist Jeremy Bentham who advocated utilitarianism. He supported individual freedom, but saw the need for government to become involved under certain circumstances. His ideas motivated British philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill. Even though he believed in individual freedom, Mill wanted the government to step in to improve the lives of the working class. There was a group of early socialists that were against industrial capitalism, which they believed it created a gulf between rich and poor. In order to end poverty and injustice, they suggested socialism. With socialism there would not a difference

John Stuart Mill believes in a utilitarian form of happiness, since happiness is a pleasure it should be designed to be useful or practical for the mass majority. Physical forms of pleasure are inferior compared to intellectual and moral pleasures when associated with genuine happiness accorrding to John Stuart Mill. A contributing factor John Stuart Mill added towards Jeremy Bentham impression of happiness was that pleasures should be separated on a qualitative level. John Stuart Mill considered happiness as two forms a higher and a lower form of happiness. According to John Stuart Mill if a person experienced both forms of happiness they would chose the higher form, this form fo thought was completlely against Jeremy Bentham views on happiness.