Cesare Beccaria
historical figure · 1 work · 3 mentions · 9 anchored passages · author page
my author · that friend to humanity · the Marquis Beccaria · the Marquis Beccaria, of Milan · the author · the author of the Essay on Crimes and Punishments · the author of the little book on Crimes and Punishments · the humane author of the Essay on Crimes and Punishments · the judicious author of the preceding Essay
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An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
Italian jurist and philosopher, identified as the Marquis of Milan, author of the treatise being translated.
The author is the Marquis Beccaria, of Milan.
I should have every thing to fear, if tyrants were to read my book;
but the studious part of mankind, for whom I write, will easily distinguish the superstructure from the foundation.