‘Is it true? … What is the meaning of it?’: Bentham, romanticism, and the fictions of reason

Timothy Milnes

doi:10.2307/j.ctv13xprgq.12

‘Is it true? … What is the meaning of it?’: Bentham, romanticism, and the fictions of reason

Timothy Milnes

School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Bentham and the Arts
Editors	Anthony Julius, Malcolm Quinn, Philip Schofield
Publisher	UCL Press
Chapter	6
Pages	140-159
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9781787357365
ISBN (Print)	9781787357389, 9781787357372
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv13xprgq.12
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2020

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Bentham
romanticism
Hazlitt
utilitarianism
meaning
truth

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