Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile handmade reproduction) of the original edition of 1874 (third edition) with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. John Stuart Mill (born May 20, 1806, died May 8, 1873). He was a British philosopher, political economist and civil servant. He was an influential contributor to social theory, political theory and political economy. He has been called "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century".Mill's conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control.