Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Benthamwas an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer. He is regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth15 February 1748
real men body
Bodies are real entities. Surfaces and lines are but fictitious entities. A surface without depth, a line without thickness, was never seen by any man; no; nor can any conception be seriously formed of its existence.
poetry misrepresentation poetry-is
All poetry is misrepresentation.
mean want pace
Want keeps pace with dignity. Destitute of the lawful means of supporting his rank, his dignity presents a motive for malversation, and his power furnishes the means.
support ignorant asylums
Lawsuits generally originate with the obstinate and the ignorant, but they do not end with them; and that lawyer was right who left all his money to the support of an asylum for fools and lunatics, saying that from such he got it, and to such he would bequeath it.
pain pleasure setting
Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good.
government political politics
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.
regret knowing giving
The offence is what is improperly called the death of an infant, who has ceased to be, before knowing what existence is, a result of a nature not to give the slightest inquietude to the most timid imagination; and which can cause no regrets but to the very person who, through a sentiment of shame and pity, has refused to prolong a life begun under the auspices of misery.
tyrants anarchy tyranny
Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
government order atmosphere
Among the several cloudy appellatives which have been commonly employed as cloaks for misgovernment, there is none more conspicuous in this atmosphere of illusion than the word Order.
practice track consistency
[I]n principle and in practice, in a right track and in a wrong one, the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.
independent atheism pestilence
There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.
punishment evil mischief
All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.
character pleasure source
To what shall the character of utility be ascribed, if not to that which is a source of pleasure?
law liberty
Every law is an infraction of liberty.