 | Cesare Beccaria (March 15, 1738 - November 28, 1794) on Religious Powers and War(published by RevoltSource) |
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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.)
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Quote #4 on Religious Struggle Quotes >> Religious Powers and War
“Torrents of blood were now poured forth, and millions of human victims sacrificed, in appearance to the God of peace, but in reality to satisfy the lust of that metal which represents every species of pleasure.”
Source: "A Discourse on Public Economy and Commerce," by Cesare Beccaria, 1804.
"A Discourse on Public Economy and Commerce," by Cesare Beccaria, 1804.
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