Malcolm Quinn (@malrog.bsky.social)

From my paper at IZEA tomorrow: "Unlike #Hume, #Bentham charts a path from idiosyncrasy to social being that does not rely on knowing which books to read and what company to keep, but on the possibility that we can improve our condition through a better analysis of pleasure and pain."

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The Useful Enlightenment. Theories, Practices and Representations of Usefulness in the Long Eighteenth Century (IZEA, Halle-Saale) Conference The Useful Enlightenment Theories, Practices and Representations of Usefulness in the Long Eighteenth Century 26-28 June 2025 IZEA, Martin-Luther University Halle (Saale) The very first qu... https://www.fabula.org/actualites/127746/conference-the-useful-enlightenment-theories-practices-and-representations-of-usefulness.html