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Bernardino Rivadavia and Benthamite “Discipleship”

1998; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 33; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0023879100035780

1542-4278

Jonathan Harris,

Historical Studies in Latin America

During the 1820s, the works of English utilitarian philosopher and jurisconsult Jeremy Bentham attained a remarkable diffusion throughout Spanish America, enjoying a high reputation among the leaders of the revolt against Spanish rule. Colombian Francisco de Paula Santander professed himself to be Bentham's admirer, while Venezuelan Francisco de Miranda took his advice on freedom of the press. Simón Bolívar, el Gran Libertador, went so far as to assure Bentham that his name was never pronounced “even in these savage regions of America, without veneration nor without gratitude.”