Stefan Collini, 'The tendencies of things: John Stuart Mill and the philosophic method', in Stefen Collini, Donald Winch and John Burrow, That Noble Science of Politics: A Study in Nineteenth-Century Intellectual History (1983), p. 130
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His systematic account of the nature and methods of 'science', in the broadest sense, attained an authority in England that was positively papal.
— Stefan Collini
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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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