Bentham

[ ben-thuhm, -tuhm ]

noun

1. Jeremy, 1748–1832, English jurist and philosopher.

Bentham

/ ˈbɛnθəm /

noun

1. BenthamJeremy17481832MBritishPHILOSOPHY: philosopherLAW: jurist 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)

Example Sentences

Reading Bentham was a good warning but Solzhenitsyn was a better friend.

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Jeremy Bentham seemed an especially unpleasant fellow, certainly no friend of mine.

From The Daily Beast

He was an amiable man, as all the Benthams were; and was the only Bentham of the family that was not in orders.

From Project Gutenberg

A chain of the former kind was termed by Bentham a self-corroborative chain of evidence; the second, a self-infirmative chain.

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The prison system was no longer in want of a Howard or a Bentham.

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Bentham was the source of philosophy, and Mill only his prophet.

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Bentham's influence, again, in bringing about the change is undeniable.

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