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Of Rights and Witches: Bentham’s Critique of the Declaration of Independence
It is not surprising that friends of the Enlightenment tend to assume that the Enlightenment was generally friendly towards the American Revolution. Richard Price had, after all, been an energetic supporter of the Colonial cause and, like Joseph Priestley, saw … Continue reading
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