Week 4 - MillOnLiberty

Question 1

John Stuart Mill

Answer 1

• wrote On Liberty: liberty is God given, moving into a post religious society
• said poetry nourished his emotions after he broke down

Question 2

Utilitarianism

Answer 2

• do things for the benefit of the most amount of people
• utility usefulness: measures the “usefulness” of a thing realtive to another thing

Question 3

Forms

Answer 3

ideas:
- the source of physical reality
- everything derives from forms (this ideal realm)
- mediation

Question 4

Content

Answer 4

what it’s about

Question 5

Mediation

Answer 5

the mirror is the “medium (a way of conveying)”:
- reflects reality

Question 6

Literature

Answer 6

• has a “message”
• it teaches (good or bad)
• imitating the non-ideal (“real”)