Record Number: 8946
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I also read, in 1813, the first six dialogues (in the common arrangement) of Plato, from the Euthyphron to the Theaetetus inclusive: which last dialogue, I venture to think, would have been better omitted, as it was totally impossible I should understand it.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1813 and 31 Dec 1813
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: Presumably at James Mill?s house in Newington Green, London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:20 May 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Administrator in the East India Company (joins the company as a clerk in 1823, retires as chief of his office and Examiner of India Correspondence in
Religion:Atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Theaetetus
Genre:Classics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:8946
Source:John Stuart Mill
Editor:Jack Stillinger
Title:Autobiography
Place of Publication:Boston
Date of Publication:1969
Vol:n/a
Page:5-6
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
John Stuart Mill, Jack Stillinger (ed.), Autobiography, (Boston, 1969), p. 5-6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=8946, accessed: 30 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Mill was translating the text under his father?s guidance, as part of his education in the Ancient Greek language. He reveals on p.6 that, since there were no available dictionaries he could use, he had to interrupt his father?s work (on his History of India) to ask him for the meaning of all words unfamiliar to him at the time.
