William Stanley Jevons, Letter to H. S. Foxwell, Esq. (7th February 1875) Letters and Journal of W. Stanley Jevons (1886) p. 331.

In regard to what I have said of Mill... I should not have expressed so strong an opinion had I been thinking only of his political economy. There is much that is erroneous in his Principles, and he never had an idea what capital was, but the book is not the maze of self-contradictions which his logic undoubtedly is. If you have not examined his logical theories very critically, you will hardly be aware that upon the principal points he usually holds from three to six inconsistent views all at the same time.

— William Stanley Jevons

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In regard to what I have said of Mill... I should not have expressed so strong an opinion had I been thinking only of his political economy. There is much that is erroneous in his Principles, and he never had an idea what capital was, but the book is not the maze of self-contradictions which his logic undoubtedly is. If you have not examined his logical theories very critically, you will hardly be aware that upon the principal points he usually holds from three to six inconsistent views all at the same time." in the context of "William Stanley Jevons, Letter to H. S. Foxwell, Esq. (7th February 1875) Letters and Journal of W. Stanley Jevons (1886) p. 331." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Stuart Mill

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.