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A boy begins Greek at three, then at twenty finds no joy in the cause his whole training prepared.
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『自伝』の概要
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- 68,000語
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- 初版刊行年
- 1873by ジョン・スチュアート・ミル
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『自伝』 in short
The Autobiography follows one mind from a crowded schoolroom to a seat in Parliament. A father teaches Greek at three and demands reasoning at twelve. Bentham gives a creed, and then the crisis at twenty drains the purpose from it all.
What 『自伝』 is about
What happens to a mind trained from the cradle to reform the world, when it suddenly cannot feel any joy in that goal? John Stuart Mill asks that question about himself in his Autobiography. He begins Greek at three and reaches the edge of despair at twenty.
Mill finished this memoir late in life, and it appeared after his death in 1873. He writes it to show what a child can learn when taught well, to trace a mind that kept learning, and to thank those who shaped him, most of all his wife.
対象読者. Readers who love honest self-portraits, the history of ideas, and the making of a thinker will enjoy it. It also speaks to anyone curious about education, liberty, or recovery from a deep crisis.
The 11 key ideas
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A father turns childhood into a school
John Stuart Mill was born in London in 1806, the eldest son of James Mill. His father wrote the History of British India and also taught his children almost every day.
Mill began Greek at three, learning word lists his father wrote on cards. He did his lessons at the same table where his father worked, and he asked the meaning of every strange word. His father bore the interruptions, though Mill calls him one of the most impatient of men. By eight he had read Aesop, Xenophon, Herodotus and early Plato.
Between eight and twelve he went on to Virgil, Livy, Thucydides and Homer. Mill draws a plain lesson. If a boy of ordinary gifts could do this, the years schools waste are easy to see.
A child can hold far more learning than schools usually ask of him.
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Understanding must run ahead of memory
Mill says one principle mattered most in his training.
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A home without religion and without tenderness
Mill grew up with no religious belief at all.
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Bentham gives a young man a creed
Mill's schooling brought him into a circle of remarkable men.
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The young radicals take to print and debate
Mill began writing for newspapers in 1822.
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A crisis strikes at twenty
In the autumn of 1826, when Mill was twenty, the ground gave way.
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Poetry and a new view of happiness
The crisis changed his opinions in two ways.
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Widening a creed without discarding it
After the crisis, Mill rebuilt his opinions piece by piece.
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A partnership of mind with Harriet Taylor
In 1830 Mill met the woman who would become the centre of his life, Harriet Taylor.
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Practical work in Parliament and public causes
In 1865 voters in Westminster asked Mill to stand for Parliament.
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A life told to credit others
Mill ends by describing his later work and plans.
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『『自伝』』についての質問
What is John Stuart Mill's Autobiography about?
It tells how Mill was educated by his father, how he took up Bentham's utilitarianism, how he suffered a mental crisis at twenty, and how he built a wider philosophy. It also covers his writings, his marriage and his time in Parliament.
Why did Mill have a mental crisis?
In 1826 he asked himself whether he would be happy if all his reforms came true and answered no. He blamed an education that stressed analysis over feeling. Reading Wordsworth and a new view of happiness helped him recover.
Who was Harriet Taylor in Mill's life?
Harriet Taylor was a close friend whom Mill met in 1830 and married in 1851. He credits her with shaping the ideas of Principles of Political Economy and On Liberty. He calls his later work the product of joint thought.
What is the main message of the Autobiography?
The book shows that a good education teaches a person to think, not just to memorize, and that happiness comes from aims beyond oneself. It also argues that feeling and reason both need cultivation, and that thinking grows through learning from others.
Is Mill's Autobiography easy to read?
Mill writes in clear, orderly prose and tells his life in chronological chapters. Famous scenes, such as his childhood Greek lessons and his recovery through Wordsworth, are vivid, and his reflections on his own mistakes are honest and direct.
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Mill, John Stuart. Autobiography. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/autobiography.
Mill, J. S. (2026). Autobiography. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/autobiography (Original work published 1873)
Mill, John Stuart. Autobiography. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/autobiography.
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