I whanau a John Stuart Mill i te 13 Rodney Street i Pentonville, Middlesex, te tama matamua o te tohunga whakaaro Scottish, te kaituhituhi me te economist James Mill, me Harriet Barrow. I whakaakona a John Stuart e tona papa, me te tohutohu me te awhina a Jeremy Bentham me Francis Place. I whakaakona ia ki te whakaako tino kaha, a i tiakina ia mai i te whakahoahoa ki nga tamariki o tona ake tau atu i ona tuakana. Ko tana papa, he akonga o Bentham me te kaitautoko o te hononga, ko tana whainga nui ko te hanga i tetahi tohunga mohio ka kawe i te take o te painga me tona whakatinanatanga i muri i te matenga o Bentham me Bentham. He tamaiti tino mohio a Mill. Ka whakaahuahia e ia tana maatauranga i roto i tana tuhinga. I te toru o ona tau i whakaakona ia ki te reo Kariki. Na te waru o nga korero a Aeteretia, i whakaakona ia ki nga korero a Aeteretia, a Francis X, a Diophontius, a i whakaakona ano ia ki nga korero a te papa o
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