J. S. Mill’s Thoughts on ‘Great Man’ History

The young John Stuart Mill wrote a short critique of 'great man' history as part of an 1824 article for the Westminster Review: ‘Romance is always dangerous, but when romance assumes the garb of history, it is doubly pernicious. To say nothing of its other evils, on which this is no place to expatiate, it … Continue reading J. S. Mill’s Thoughts on ‘Great Man’ History