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Hace 5 días · John Stuart Mill (born May 20, 1806, London, England—died May 8, 1873, Avignon, France) was an English philosopher, economist, and exponent of utilitarianism. He was prominent as a publicist in the reforming age of the 19th century, and remains of lasting interest as a logician and an ethical theorist.
Hace 4 días · The "James Mills" of the ratebooks was James Mill, the well-known philosopher, born in 1773 in Forfarshire. Although the son of a country shoemaker, he was enabled by the patronage of Sir John Stuart to study at Edinburgh University, where he became distinguished as a Greek scholar.
Hace 4 días · The early social character of Pentonville was in modern terms predominantly middle-class, though like most London districts it was never homogeneous. Of a number of well-known figures who lived here—Mary Wollstonecraft, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Lamb, and John Stuart Mill's father James Mill—all were temporary lodgers or soon moved on.
Hace 3 días · Among the contributors of literary and political articles who, during the hundred years of its existence, were frequent visitors to the editor's inner room, were Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Professor Porson, Jekyll, the wit and M.P., David Ricardo, James Mill, the historian, Lords Erskine and Durham, Albany Fonblanque, Horace Smith ...
Hace 1 día · James Mill (1773–1836), in his The History of British India (1817), distinguished three phases in the history of India, namely Hindu, Muslim and British civilisations. This periodisation has been influential, but has also been criticised, for the misconceptions it has given rise to.
Hace 1 día · The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [2]
Hace 3 días · Got it! Get ready to unleash your inner gk and math magician with this Olympiad shorts special! Calling all brain explorers: dive into a puzzle so juicy, i...
