Jeremy Bentham — "In the mind of all, fiction, in the logical sense, has been the coin of necessit…"

In the mind of all, fiction, in the logical sense, has been the coin of necessity;—in that of poets of amusement—in that of the priest and the lawyer of mischievous immorality in the shape of mischievous ambition,—and too often both priest and lawyer have framed or made in part this instrument.
Jeremy Bentham — Jeremy Bentham Early Modern · Utilitarianism founder

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From 'The Panopticon Writings'

Date: c. 1787-1811 (writings for Panopticon)

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