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Bentham Disappears?Famed philosopher Jeremy Bentham's corpse once disappeared from its glass display case in University College, London. In its place, visitors were surprised to find a card which read: "Gone on holiday."
[Bentham was in fact undergoing restoration work after a rumoured beetle invasion.]
Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832) British philosopher [noted for his maxim that "the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation"]
[Sources: Philosophy Now magazine]More Jeremy Bentham anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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