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Jeremy Bentham: Works & Legacy

Jeremy Bentham (/ˈbɛnθəm/; 4 February 1747/8 O.S. [15 February 1748 N.S.] – 6 June 1832) was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.

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Jeremy Bentham topic overview

The analysis highlights Works and Legacy as prominent areas in the source structure around Jeremy Bentham.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
237
Extracted relationships
228
Concept neighborhoods
49
Bridge connections
237

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Biography · 70 topics
Overview · 56 topics
Philosophy · 42 topics
Legacy · 35 topics
Works · 22 topics
Personal life · 6 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Education
The Queen's College, Oxford (BA, 1763; MA, 1766)
Born
(1748-02-15)15 February 1748 [O.S. 4 February 1747/8] London, England
Died
6 June 1832(1832-06-06) (aged 84) London, England
Era
18th-/19th-century philosophy
Main interests
Economics · ethics · philosophy of law · political philosophy
Notable ideas
Felicific calculus Principle of utility

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Overview

Biography

Philosophy

Legacy

Personal life

Works

Advanced semantic analysis

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How Jeremy Bentham connects Entity context

The extracted context around Jeremy Bentham shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Jeremy Bentham → Action, Adam Smith, Addressed, An, An Introduction, Analysis, Anarchical Fallacies, Applied, Art, Baldwin, Being, Bentham, Bentham's, Blackstone's, Bossange Frères, Browne, But Jesus, Cases, Charlie, Chesterton Another extracted example is Jeremy Bentham → Archived, Bentham, Bentham Project, Book Collection, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Internet ArchiveWorks, Internet Encyclopedia, January, July, LibriVox, LondonWorks, National Portrait Gallery, Philosophy Archived, Portraits, Project GutenbergWorks, Random-Times, The, Transcribe Bentham, University College London, University College LondonBentham Papers. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Jeremy Bentham

Top relations

related to Publications · 175
Jeremy Bentham → Action, Adam Smith, Addressed, An, An Introduction, Analysis, Anarchical Fallacies, Applied, Art, Baldwin, Being, Bentham, Bentham's, Blackstone's, Bossange Frères, Browne, But Jesus, Cases, Charlie, Chesterton
related to External links · 22
Jeremy Bentham → Archived, Bentham, Bentham Project, Book Collection, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Internet ArchiveWorks, Internet Encyclopedia, January, July, LibriVox, LondonWorks, National Portrait Gallery, Philosophy Archived, Portraits, Project GutenbergWorks, Random-Times, The, Transcribe Bentham, University College London, University College LondonBentham Papers
related to Utilitarianism · 11
Jeremy Bentham → Bentham, Between, Crimmins, Father, He, His, Joseph Priestley, Pannomion, Priestley, This, Utilitarianism
related to Posthumous publications · 6
Jeremy Bentham → Bentham, British Library, Collections, On, University College London, University College London's Special
Born · 1
Jeremy Bentham → (1748-02-15)15 February 1748 [O.S. 4 February 1747/8] London, England
Died · 1
Jeremy Bentham → 6 June 1832(1832-06-06) (aged 84) London, England
Education · 1
Jeremy Bentham → The Queen's College, Oxford (BA, 1763; MA, 1766)
Era · 1
Jeremy Bentham → 18th-/19th-century philosophy
Main interests · 1
Jeremy Bentham → Economics · ethics · philosophy of law · political philosophy
Notable ideas · 1
Jeremy Bentham → Felicific calculus Principle of utility

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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Jeremy Bentham relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 228 structured relationships around Jeremy Bentham. Examples in this analysis include Jeremy Bentham → Born → (1748-02-15)15 February 1748 [O.S. 4 February 1747/8] London, England and Jeremy Bentham → Died → 6 June 1832(1832-06-06) (aged 84) London, England. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Jeremy BenthamBorn(1748-02-15)15 February 1748 [O.S. 4 February 1747/8] London, England1.00infobox
Jeremy BenthamDied6 June 1832(1832-06-06) (aged 84) London, England1.00infobox
Jeremy BenthamEducationThe Queen's College, Oxford (BA, 1763; MA, 1766)1.00infobox
Jeremy BenthamEra18th-/19th-century philosophy1.00infobox
Jeremy BenthamMain interestsEconomics · ethics · philosophy of law · political philosophy1.00infobox
Jeremy BenthamNotable ideasFelicific calculus Principle of utility1.00infobox
Jeremy BenthamNotable studentsWilliam Thompson (epistolary correspondent)1.00infobox
Jeremy BenthamRegionWestern philosophy1.00infobox
Jeremy BenthamSchoolUtilitarianism Radicalism Liberalism Legal positivism Epicureanism1.00infobox
Milton Friedmaninstance ofBentham influenced economists0.80text
Henry Hazlitt.In their youthinstance ofBentham influenced economists0.80text
Karl Marxinstance ofBentham influenced economists0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Jeremy Bentham bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Utilitarianism, Jeremy and Theory. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Jeremy Bentham, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Jeremy Bentham with Biography. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

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Jeremy BenthamBiography · splits 167 ⟂ 71
Jeremy BenthamOverview · splits 181 ⟂ 57
Jeremy BenthamPhilosophy · splits 195 ⟂ 43
Jeremy BenthamLegacy · splits 202 ⟂ 36
Jeremy BenthamWorks · splits 215 ⟂ 23
Jeremy BenthamPersonal life · splits 231 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Jeremy Bentham

Nodes238
Edges237
Triples228
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008403
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Jeremy Bentham to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works & Legacy, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Jeremy Bentham · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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