Bentham
Jeremy, 1748–1832, English jurist and philosopher.
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Reading Bentham was a good warning but Solzhenitsyn was a better friend.
Jeremy Bentham seemed an especially unpleasant fellow, certainly no friend of mine.
He was an amiable man, as all the Benthams were; and was the only Bentham of the family that was not in orders.
A History of the Cambridge University Press | S. C. RobertsA chain of the former kind was termed by Bentham a self-corroborative chain of evidence; the second, a self-infirmative chain.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillThe prison system was no longer in want of a Howard or a Bentham.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie Stephen
Bentham was the source of philosophy, and Mill only his prophet.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie StephenBentham's influence, again, in bringing about the change is undeniable.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie Stephen
British Dictionary definitions for Bentham
/ (ˈbɛnθəm) /
Jeremy . 1748–1832, British philosopher and jurist: a founder of utilitarianism. His works include A Fragment on Government (1776) and Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789)
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