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Avoiding Programming burnout: lessons learned from a 19th century philosopher
- yesenadam 8y agoThe article refers to John Stuart Mill's Autobiography. Mill talks about his amazing early education at the very beginning of the book, starting with I have no remembrance of the time when I began to learn Greek; I have been told that it was when I was three years old. http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10378/pg10378-images.html http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10378/pg10378-images.htm... His father, James Mill, was one of the founders, with Jeremy Bentham, of modern utilitarianism. This essay by (JS) Mill about Bentham I think is magnificent as an appreciation of Bentham and his huge influence, and as philosophical prose. https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/mill-the-collected-works-of-john-stuart-mill-volume-x-essays-on-ethics-religion-and-society#lf0223-10_head_038 https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/mill-the-collected-works-...