Science and Technology

What philosopher did Joseph Priestley influence?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/philosopher-did-joseph-priestley-influence-262292.html" >What philosopher did Joseph Priestley influence?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

His Essay on Government (1768) suggested the idea of "the greatest happiness of the greatest number" to Jeremy Bentham.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about Priestley, Joseph . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: Did Joseph Priestley influence Bentham? What work by Joseph Priestley influence Jeremy Bentham? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

"Shades of the prison-house": "Walking" Stewart, Michel Foucault and the making...
Magazine article from: Studies in Romanticism ...decaying vestiges of forms, Did to the dispossessing power...introduced by an eccentric philosopher with whom Wordsworth was...writings of such better-known influences on Romantic thinking as Joseph Priestley and David Hartley, and...
Dead chemists' society.(Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, London, England)(Review)
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry ...London. Joseph Priestley, Antoine Lavoisier...century natural philosophers were long dead...pick one of Priestley, Lavoisier...transformed into Priestley, Lavoisier...The possible influence of the women...Guillotine' did for
Brilliance of the full moon men; Books.(Review)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) ...James Watt and Joseph Priestley, became famous...lame: they did the groundwork...it was the influence of the group...the French philosophers, but were...century, when Priestley's house was...training to Priestley's daughters...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.