Farming Defended

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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

Authentication Score 3

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.