John Stuart Mill, 'Coleridge', London and Westminster Review (March 1840), quoted in John Stuart Mill, Dissertations and Discussions Political, Philosophical, and Historical. Vol. I (1859), p. 393
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The name of Coleridge is one of the few English names of our time which are likely to be oftener pronounced, and to be symbolical of more important things, in proportion as the inward workings of the age manifest themselves more and more in outward facts.
— John Stuart Mill on Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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About John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), also known as J. S. Mill, was an English political philosopher and economist who was an advocate of utilitarianism.
About John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), also known as J. S. Mill, was an English political philosopher and economist who was an advocate of utilitarianism.
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