A review by adnielsen
Autobiography by John Stuart Mill

4.0

This is a very interesting autobiography of the famous philosopher, politician, and public intellectual, John Stuart Mill. His upbringing and education are particularly fascinating; he began Greek lessons at age 3 and had read numerous classics by age 10. His later life’s accomplishments such as the writing of “On Liberty” are treated fairly quickly and the text ends a few years before his death. At times, I struggled a bit keeping track of Mill’s numerous acquaintances from British society but otherwise, I found the book easy to read and interesting. Hopefully, this spurs me to read some of Mill’s other texts.