On Liberty — Page 3
And all the while he was engaged in studying and preparing for his more ambitious works, while he rose step by step at the India Office.
Und die ganze Zeit über war er damit beschäftigt, seine ehrgeizigeren Werke zu studieren und vorzubereiten, während er Schritt für Schritt im India Office aufstieg.
His _Essays on Unsettled Questions in Political Economy_ were written in 1831, although they did not appear until thirteen years later.
Seine _Essays on Unsettled Questions in Political Economy_ wurden 1831 verfasst, obwohl sie erst dreizehn Jahre später erschienen.
His _System of Logic_, the design of which was even then fashioning itself in his brain, took thirteen years to complete, and was actually published before the _Political Economy_.
Sein _System of Logic_, dessen Konzeption sich damals bereits in seinem Geist formte, brauchte dreizehn Jahre zur Fertigstellung und wurde tatsächlich vor der _Political Economy_ veröffentlicht.
In 1844 appeared the article on Michelet, which its author anticipated would cause some discussion, but which did not create the sensation he expected.
1844 erschien der Artikel über Michelet, von dem sein Autor erwartete, dass er einige Diskussionen auslösen würde, der jedoch nicht die erhoffte Sensation erzeugte.
These years were very much influenced by his friendship and correspondence with Comte, a curious comradeship between men of such different temperament.
Diese Jahre wurden stark von seiner Freundschaft und seinem Briefwechsel mit Comte geprägt, einer merkwürdigen Kameradschaft zwischen Männern von so unterschiedlichem Temperament.
In 1848 Mill published his _Political Economy_, to which he had given his serious study since the completion of his _Logic_.
1848 veröffentlichte Mill seine _Political Economy_, der er seit dem Abschluss seiner _Logic_ ernsthafte Studien gewidmet hatte.
His articles and reviews, though they involved a good deal of work--as, for instance, the re-perusal of the _Iliad_ and the _Odyssey_ in the original before reviewing Grote's _Greece_--were recreation to the student.
Seine Artikel und Rezensionen, obwohl sie mit erheblichem Aufwand verbunden waren – wie zum Beispiel die erneute Lektüre der _Ilias_ und der _Odyssee_ im Original vor der Besprechung von Grotes _Greece_ –, waren für den Gelehrten eine Erholung.
The year 1856 saw him head of the Examiners' Office in the India House, and another two years brought the end of his official work, owing to the transfer of India to the Crown.
Das Jahr 1856 sah ihn als Leiter des Examiners' Office im India House, und weitere zwei Jahre brachten das Ende seiner Amtstätigkeit, infolge der Übertragung Indiens an die Krone.
In the same year his wife died.
Im selben Jahr starb seine Frau.
Vocabulary
- Und
- Conjunction used to connect words or clauses.
- die
- Definite article; the (feminine singular or plural).
- ganze
- Whole, entire, complete.
- Zeit
- Time, period, era.
- über
- Over, above, across; about, concerning.
- war
- Past tense of sein; was.
- er
- Personal pronoun; he.
- damit
- With it, with that; in order to.
- beschäftigt
- Occupied, busy, engaged in activity.
- seine
- Possessive pronoun; his.
- ehrgeizigeren
- More ambitious, more aspiring.
- Werke
- Works, literary or artistic creations.
- zu
- To, at, for; infinitive marker.
- studieren
- To study, to examine carefully.
- vorzubereiten
- To prepare in advance, to prepare beforehand.
- während
- During, while, meanwhile.
- Schritt
- Step, pace, stride.
- für
- For, for the sake of.
- im
- In the (contraction of in dem).
- aufstieg
- Rise, ascent, advancement in position.
- Essays
- Essays, short written compositions.
- verfasst
- Composed, written, drafted.
- obwohl
- Although, though, even though.
- sie
- Personal pronoun; she, they.
- erst
- Only, not until, first.
- dreizehn
- Thirteen.
- Jahre
- Years, plural of year.
- später
- Later, afterwards.
- erschienen
- Appeared, published, came out.
- Sein
- His, possessive pronoun.
- System
- System, organized method or set.
- Logic
- Logic, system of reasoning.
- Konzeption
- Conception, idea, initial planning.
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun; himself, herself, itself.
- damals
- Then, at that time, back then.
- bereits
- Already, by then, previously.
- seinem
- His, dative form of possessive pronoun.
- Geist
- Spirit, mind, intellect.
- formte
- Formed, shaped, developed.
- brauchte
- Needed, required, took (time).
- zur
- To the, for the (contraction).
- Fertigstellung
- Completion, finishing, final stage.
- tatsächlich
- Actually, in fact, really.
- vor
- Before, in front of, ago.
- der
- The (definite article, feminine or plural).
- veröffentlicht
- Published, made public.
- erschien
- Appeared, was published, came out.
- Artikel
- Article, essay, item.
- dem
- The, dative form of definite article.
- sein
- To be, exist; his.
- Autor
- Author, writer of a work.
- erwartete
- Expected, anticipated.
- dass
- That, conjunction introducing subordinate clause.
- einige
- Some, a few, several.
- Diskussionen
- Discussions, debates, conversations.
- auslösen
- Trigger, cause, provoke.
- würde
- Would, conditional form of werden.
- jedoch
- However, yet, but.
- nicht
- Not, negation.
- erhoffte
- Hoped for, expected.
- Sensation
- Sensation, striking or noteworthy event.
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