There seem to have been several factors at play in young John Stuart Mill's breakdown, other than his own insistence that he was disappointed with Bentham's utilitarian theory. Which one is not discussed in the text?

A. He was overworked.
B. He was lonely and depressed.
C. He felt guilty for being in love with a married woman.
D. He was an intellectual in a feeling-oriented age.


C. He felt guilty for being in love with a married woman.

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