had a convincing reply to these objections to utilitarianism.

是否令人信服地回应了对功利主义的质疑
John Stuart Mill was born in 1806.

约翰·斯图尔特·穆勒生于1806年
His father, James Mill, was a disciple of Bentham's,

他的父亲詹姆斯·穆勒是边沁的追随者
and James Mill set about giving his son, John Stuart Mill,

詹姆斯·穆勒决心以边沁为榜样
a model education.

教育自己的儿子穆勒
He was a child protege, John Stuart Mill.

约翰·斯图尔特·穆勒是一个神童
He knew Greek at the age of three, Latin at eight,

三岁就懂希腊文八岁时懂拉丁文
and age 10, he wrote "A History of Roman Law."

十岁的时候写了《罗马律史》
At age 20, he had a nervous breakdown.

二十岁时他精神崩溃了
This left him in a depression for five years,

之后的五年一直陷于抑郁
but at age 25,

但二十五岁时
what helped lift him out of this depression is that he met Harriet Taylor.

他遇到了海利特·泰勒从此摆脱抑郁