John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill's activist career spanned the whole central portion of the nineteenth century and brought him into contact with almost every notable figure of the period from Macaulay to Gladstone. Though his reputation as philosopher and political economist has stood the test of time, this lively study is the first to assess all Mill's major works, each a classic in its field. Against the background of his extraordinary education at home and his attachment to a liberated married woman, we follow the development of Mill's remarkable profession: reformer of the world.--From publisher description.