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Informationen zum Autor By Antis Loizides Klappentext This book explores various connections of John Stuart Mill's thought to ancient Greek philosophy primarily in relation to his conception of happiness. It argues that a better understanding of Mill's background in ancient Greek thought and his reading(s) of Plato's dialogues leads to innovative interpretations of his moral and political thought. Zusammenfassung This book explores various connections of John Stuart Mill’s thought to ancient Greek philosophy primarily in relation to his conception of happiness. It argues that a better understanding of Mill’s background in ancient Greek thought and his reading(s) of Plato’s dialogues leads to innovative interpretations of his moral and political thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis AbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: Classical Reception in Nineteenth-Century BritainChapter One: Reform through ClassicsContesting the Place of ClassicsAthenian Institutions and ReformConcluding RemarksNotesChapter Two: Plato in Pre-Victorian BritainRediscovering PlatoA Neoplatonist Born Out of Due SeasonSocrates in Early-Nineteenth CenturySocrates, Plato and the UtilitariansConcluding RemarksNotesChapter Three: James Mill on PlatoRadicalising PlatoJames Mill's 'Platonism'Concluding RemarksNotesPart II: John Stuart Mill's Appropriation of PlatoChapter Four: Educative PastReforming Educational PracticeReforming Social InstitutionsReforming Political PracticeConcluding RemarksNotesChapter Five: Reading Plato Mill's First Reading: Defining Plato's CreedMill's Second Reading: Grote's PlatoConcluding RemarksNotesChapter Six: On Plato's MethodMill's Intellectual Development and PlatoMill's Dialectical MethodConcluding RemarksNotesPart III: John Stuart Mill's Platonic HeritageChapter Seven: The Art of LifeReason and ActionMill and the Art of LifeAn Education for the Art of LifeConcluding RemarksNotesChapter Eight: Character, Ethology and VirtueDefining CharacterMeans and Ends of Character FormationConcluding RemarksNotesChapter Nine: Eudaimonia and UtilityUtility or Eudaimonia?Additive and Directive Views of HappinessDirection, Pleasure and LivesConcluding RemarksNotesConclusionBibliographyIndex...
