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Article: John Stuart Mill's odd combination: philosopher kings & laissez faire
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- Review - Institute of Public Affairs
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- May 1, 2008
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John Stuart Mill's odd combination: philosopher kings & laissez faire John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand by Richard Reeves (Reeves Atlantic Books, 2007, 616 pages)
Andrew Kemp reviews
To many, John Stuart Mill was the greatest 'public intellectual' of the last 200 years. His topics of interest were limitless-his Collected Works span 33 volumes. His written word remains staggering in its intensity of thought.
And so preparing a biography of John Stuart Mill is an enormous task. The polymath is a dying breed, and a good biography of Mill would require several experts in the field of philosophy, economics, politics and history.
Richard Reeves is a social and political commentator, and ...