Treating Mill's disease. (Philosophy & Ideas).(how John Stuart Mill's personal crisis and disenchantment led him to an appreciation of poetry)(Brief Article)

From: Quadrant | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Coleman, Peter | Copyright information

IN THE FAMOUS fifth chapter of his Autobiography John Stuart Mill recalls his nervous breakdown in the winter of 1826 when he was about twenty-one. At its heart was a disenchantment with the philosophy of life that had given meaning and direction to his every step--the creed of Jeremy Bentham, or Benthamism, which he had absorbed from his father as a sort of religion.

This religion inculcated a restless pursuit of knowledge and a subversive love of inquiry. It fostered a...

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