There is no author to whom my father thought himself more indebted for his own mental culture, than Plato, or whom he more frequently recommended to young student. I can bear similar testimony in regard to myself. The Socratic method, of which the Platonic dialogues are the chief example, is unsurpassed as a discipline for correcting the errors, and clearing up the confusions incident to the intellectus sibi permissus.


Autobiography (1873)

John Stuart Mill Quotes

There is no author to whom my father thought himself more indebted for his own mental culture, than Plato, or whom he more frequently recommended to...

There is no author to whom my father thought himself more indebted for his own mental culture, than Plato, or whom he more frequently recommended to...

There is no author to whom my father thought himself more indebted for his own mental culture, than Plato, or whom he more frequently recommended to...

There is no author to whom my father thought himself more indebted for his own mental culture, than Plato, or whom he more frequently recommended to...