tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post311428775501421661..comments2024-03-25T11:49:21.281-07:00Comments on The Splintered Mind: John Stuart Mill's MotherEric Schwitzgebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-82640947161808187022019-06-18T05:04:05.828-07:002019-06-18T05:04:05.828-07:00Sorry, this is an old conversation but the link pr...Sorry, this is an old conversation but the link provided (unpublished notes form Mill's autobiography about his mother) does not work and I would be very happy to access it.<br />Thanks a lotAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536870341640898477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-52520211147919209552009-12-31T16:14:53.868-08:002009-12-31T16:14:53.868-08:00Also, a quick internet search (from a different se...Also, a quick internet search (from a different search engine, so you may not have seen this) yields this document:<br /><br />http://assets.cambridge.org/052162/0244/sample/0521620244ws.pdf<br /><br />You may have already seen it, but it has some interesting notes. For instance, a piece of unpublished notes form Mill's autobiography about his mother. It is worth a look.William Moore.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10996910425876231933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-14921619417843935342009-12-31T09:50:15.707-08:002009-12-31T09:50:15.707-08:00Ah, that weasel-word "seems"! Saying wi...Ah, that weasel-word "seems"! Saying without saying. I use it far too much myself.Eric Schwitzgebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11541402189204286449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26951738.post-43635595198584165432009-12-31T01:11:07.941-08:002009-12-31T01:11:07.941-08:00To be fair, the entry says that Mill's mother ...To be fair, the entry says that Mill's mother "<i>seems</i> to have had very little influence upon him." In this sense, it is not that Mill's mother had no influence on him (for she might have). Rather, there just is little evidence of her influence, especially when compared to his father's influence, who, from what I remember reading, was an overbearing figure in Mill's life.William Moore.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10996910425876231933noreply@blogger.com