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A Short Biography of Jeremy Bentham

Author Name:

Jeremy Bentham

Born As:

Jeremy Bentham

Other Names:

Jeremy Bentham

Born:

15 Feb 1748

Died:

6 Jun 1832




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Jurist and philosopher                          
                          
                          
Bentham said that it was the placing of women in a legally inferior position that made him choose the career of a reformist, at the age of eleven.[27] Bentham spoke for a complete equality between sexes.

Bentham was one of the earliest philosophers to argue for decriminalization of homosexuality and equal rights for homosexually inclined people. In two extended essays unpublished during his lifetime,1785 and 1814, he put forward a detailed logical argument against the stigmatization of same-sex relations. In his book, Not Paul but Jesus, he also argued that Paul had introduced an anti-pleasure ethic into Christianity, which Jesus had never endorsed. 
Louis Crompton, Byron and Greek Love: Homophobia in 19th Century England - 1985.                          
Jeremy Bentham was a child prodigy and was found as a toddler sitting at his father's desk reading a multi-volume history of England. He began his study of Latin at the age of three.