Mill's "Friendly Critic"--Thornton or Whewell?

James A Gherity

The Manchester School of Economic & Social Studies, 1988, vol. 56, issue 3, 282-85

Abstract: In the 1852 edition of his Principles of Political Economy, John Stuart Mill introduced modifications of his theory of international trade that appear to have been borrowed from William Whewell. In a still later edition, he attributes these ideas to his friend, William Thornton. This article points out that Mill had a long history of inaccuracy in matters relating to authorship or the origin of ideas and, thus, lends support to the contention that it was Whewell, and not Thornton, from whom those ideas were borrowed. Copyright 1988 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd and The Victoria University of Manchester

Date: 1988
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