 | Cesare Beccaria (March 15, 1738 - November 28, 1794) on Learning and Eccentric Thought(published by RevoltSource) |
|
| Cesare Beccaria (March 15, 1738 - November 28, 1794) on Learning and Eccentric Thought(published by RevoltSource) |
|
../ggcms/src/templates/revoltsource/view/display_greatgrandchildof_quotes.php
 | 0 |
 | 0 |
Italian Criminologist, Jurist, Philosopher, Economist, Politician, Greatest Thinker Of The Age Of Enlightenment
: An Italian criminologist, jurist, philosopher, economist and politician, who is widely considered one of the greatest thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment. He is well remembered for his treatise On Crimes and Punishments (1764), which condemned torture and the death penalty, and was a founding work in the field of penology and the Classical School of criminology. Beccaria is considered the father of modern criminal law and the father of criminal justice. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
                  |
Quote #7 on Education Struggle Quotes >> Learning and Eccentric Thought
“...the discourses of fanatics, which rouse the passions of the curious multitude, and gain strength from the number of their hearers, who, though deaf to calm and solid reasoning, are always affected by obscure and mysterious enthusiasm.”
Source: "Of Crimes and Punishments," by Cesare Beccaria, 1764. With a commentary attributed to Monsieur de Voltaire. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street. MDCCLXXVIII. [1778] Translated from the French by Edward D. Ingraham. Second American edition. Philadelphia (No. 175, Chesnut St.): Published by Philip H. Nicklin: A. Walker, printer, 24, Arch St., 1819. Chapter 11.
"Of Crimes and Punishments," by Cesare Beccaria, 1764. With a commentary attributed to Monsieur de Voltaire. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street. MDCCLXXVIII. [1778] Translated from the French by Edward D. Ingraham. Second American edition. Philadelphia (No. 175, Chesnut St.): Published by Philip H. Nicklin: A. Walker, printer, 24, Arch St., 1819.
No comments so far. You can be the first!
<< Last Entry in Eccentric Thought | Current Entry in Eccentric Thought 7 | Next Entry in Eccentric Thought >> |
All Nearby Items in Eccentric Thought
| ||
7
