Nice article on John Stuart Mill (via Arts & Letters Daily) that argues that he was more complicated than people frequently think. He’s often reduced to a one-dimensional figure, depending on the preferences of the person discussing him (e.g. the libertarian Mill, the socialist Mill, the utilitarian Mill), but this piece shows him as a more interesting, if somewhat inconsistent, figure.

Mill’s not my favorite philosopher by any stretch, but he’s certainly important; most of us probably take for granted any number of notions that were first clearly enunciated by him.