BBC - R4 - Great Lives - John Stuart Mill - Series 29 - Episode 6 of 9 - 8/1/2013 - FOOLISH POET
An interesting Radio programme examination of the life of the precociously talented J.S. Mills, who realised in his mid-life crisis at the age of 20, that emotional relations are what makes people happy. Coming from the school of Bentham this was a crisis of confidence in Utilitarian Philosophy which led J.S. Mills to the discovery of Poetry. Continue reading →
Matthew Parris
