John Stuart Mill's Antithesis

With a world teeming of vast cultures and beliefs, it is difficult to claim what is moral versus what is simply just law from one person to the next. John Stuart Mill, an English philosopher, tells of a social idea branded by its name ‘utilitarianism,’ which outlines his ideations. He utilizes many different types of syntax to create and defend his points. These types include question and answer, various styles of sentences, and finally through antithesis. With the help of his inciteful writing style, his main points of his philosophy are able to be glorified and preached from one person to the next. John Stuart Mill repeatedly uses a form of syntax known as question and answer, which allows for a greater impact on the reader more so than

Unlike parallelism, antithesis is used to convey ideas in different ways. Antithesis portrays both the good and the bad when regarding each situation (“Antithesis” np). This allows for the examiner to create their own judgement, even if the material is bias. It is not only found within sentences, but it is also found within ideas, characters, or scenes (“Antithesis” np). Having been found everywhere, its extensive use allows for a more universal understanding. Finally, antithesis can highlight conflicts and fallibilities, too (“Antithesis” np). A much clearer view on the situation is available when authors use antithesis in this way. John Stuart Mill used antithesis throughout his work, especially when contrasting his views with those of Immanuel Kant. Immanuel Kant is a philosopher who speculated his beliefs in the Copernican Revolution (Ross np). Like Mill, Kant is able to gain followers through his respectable writing. In the first chapter, Mill compares his philosophy to that of Kant. He uses antithesis when he says “...criticise these thinkers...he most illustrious of them… Kant… he fails… to show… any logical (not to say physical) impossibility (Mill 3).” Mill, in contrast to Kant, then describes how there is nothing certain within his own philosophy due to the popular meaning of the terms he uses; he describes that there are impossibilities. By

Mill first uses different lengths of sentences that mostly consist of long sentences. To start chapter one, Mill begins with three very long sentences (Mill 1). By not changing the style of sentence, he is able to maintain his focus on one idea. He also uses short sentences, which effectively stresses his ideas of external sanctions (Mill 24). He begins with “so far as external sanctions,” but then follows it with a long sentence containing multiple forms of punctuation. These pauses are key to making the information easier to understand. Chapter four then repeats Mill’s style of using long sentences (Mill 35). The chapter begins with a sentence with a word count of over one hundred, and this is essential to maintain the same writing style that he carries throughout his work. Along with sentence length, there are also many types of sentences. The first sentence type would include declarative sentences. Declarative sentences make a statement, and an example is when Mill had confidently declared “ I fully acknowledge that the readiness to make such a sacrifice is the highest virtue (Mill 14).” He also uses many interrogative sentences, which ask a question. By doing this, he is able to keep the reader’s focus. Chapter three begins with a series of questions, and this sets up the chapter by outlining what he