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Quotation from Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill
“Next to selfishness, the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory, is want of mental cultivation”
Utilitarianism, Chapter II (7th edition (1879))
Mill's diagnosis of why fortunate people still find life empty, read by many as autobiographical after his own crisis of 1826.
Citation: "Next to selfishness, the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory, is want of mental cultivation" — John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism, Chapter II (7th edition (1879)). (id utilitarianism-q6)
Portrait: John Stuart Mill by London Stereoscopic Company, c1870, London Stereoscopic Company, Public domain.
