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James Mill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"James Mill (April 6, 1773 - June 23, 1836), Scottish historian, economist and philosopher, was born at Northwater Bridge, in the parish of Logie-Pert, Angus, Scotland, the son of James Mill, a shoemaker. His mother, Isabel Fenton, of a good family which had suffered from connection with the Stuart rising, resolved that he should receive a first-rate education, and sent him first to the parish school and then to the Montrose Academy, where he remained till the unusual age of seventeen and a half. He then entered the University of Edinburgh, where he distinguished himself as a Greek scholar. ..." |
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| 6 Apr 1773, James Milne, in Northwater Bridge, Forfarshire, Scotland |
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| 23 Jun 1836, in London, England |
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James Mill, 1773-1836
The History of Economic Thought, The New School for Social Research |
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Government, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1820
Related Topic: Government
"This is, no doubt, the primary cause of government; for, if nature had produced spontaneously all the objects which we desire, and in sufficient abundance for the desires of all, there would have been no source of dispute or of injury among men; nor would any man have possessed the means of ever acquiring authority over another." |
Liberty of the Press, 1823
Related Topic: Freedom of the Press
"There is another use of the freedom of the press ... If any set of men are chosen to wield the powers of government, while the people have not the means of knowing in what manner they discharge their duties, they will have the means of serving themselves at the expence of the people; and all the miseries of evil government are the certain consequence." |
On the Overproduction and Underconsumption Fallacies [PDF], Commerce Defended, 1808
Excerpt, edited by Prof. George Reisman |
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Elements of Political Economy, 1821
Related Topic: Economics
Electronic text available at the Library of Economics and Liberty |
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