Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1866 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.