I do really take it for an indisputable truth, and a truth that is one of the corner stones of political science—the more strictly we are watched, the better we behave.

Jeremy Bentham

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Topic

Surveillance Political theory Politics

Author

Jeremy Bentham

Source

Farming Defended

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1797 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. Farming Defended. 1797.

Current Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: Writings on the Poor Laws, edited by Michael Quinn. Vol. 1, Clarendon Press, 2001, app. 2.

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