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
Jeremy Bentham quotes about
english-philosopher fair good incentives industry needs power solar stable ten
The solar industry needs stable markets. With fair and good incentives we can have solar power competitive in ten year's time.
reputation
Reputation is the road to power
tyrants anarchy tyranny
Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
would-be difficulty wiser
Those physical difficulties which you cannot account for, be very slow to arraign; for he that would be wiser than Nature would be wiser than God.
english-philosopher good number people
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
english-philosopher foundation happiness number
The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.
english-philosopher measure results
As to the evil which results from a censorship, it is impossible to measure it, for it is impossible to tell where it ends.