# Samuel Taylor Coleridge — The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill character guide

> Samuel Taylor Coleridge in The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill by John Stuart Mill.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Coleridge

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Who they are

Poet and philosopher whose ideas Mill contrasted with Benthamite utilitarianism.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_john_stuart_mill_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned in comparison to John Austin, as both were sources of instruction and elevation of character through conversation.

### [Crisis in My Mental History: One Stage Onward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_autobiography_of_john_stuart_mill_se/chapters/v)

Quoted for his poem 'Dejection' which Mill uses to describe his own emotional state.

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