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1818 July 14 Seen 1830 April
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The art which that of which Government
is the Government for its subject
has for its object is the art of directing
and assisting giving birth to constituting
power political power and directing and
assisting it in its progress operation
towards the attainment
of a certain end.

That end is in
every case, happiness:
human happiness:
The happiness of the
several persons interested
the maximum of the
The happiness on the
part of those persons
respectively.

the persons to the
maximization of whose
happiness the exercise
of the power in question
may be either 1. the<lb?>person or persons by whom
the power is exercised, or
2 the person or persons
in relation to whom it<lb?>is exercised, or 3.
both those classes together.

N.B. in the case of Democratical
Government
if the Democracy is
all comprehensive, the possession of the power
and those in relation
to whom or over whom it is exercised
are all of them the
same.

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Power expounded.

Power bears necessary
relation to

the word power has
for its necessary correlative
the names of
objects in relation to
which it is exercised.

A man is said to considered
be in possession of power
in so far as the state of certain
objects are is considered
as eventually about to take
such direction as shall
be have been determined by his
will.

Power is said to have
been exercised by him in over
relation to the state ofthose objects
these objects, in so
far as in consequence
of such a determination
having been taken by his
will in realtio9n to such
objects and the state
in which they shall be
they have in consequence
assumed that
state — that state has
taken place in consequence.

The subjects of power
are either 1. persons;
or 2. things.

Power over persons may
be compliant without
having any special relation
to any particular
thing, without being accompanied
with power over
any particular thing
But power over any particular
thing is not compleat
without
a power in relation to
person: power in relation to
persons: power in relation
to persons, in so far as
concerns such particular
things.

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Corelative to powers, over
or in relation to persons, is
obsequiousness

Power on the one part
is constituted by, and
the quantity and degree of it
is in proportion to that
of obsequiousness in the
other.

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Experienda

1.* Power
2.* Influence
3.* Obligation — its mode
4.* Right — its modes
{5. Liberty
{6.* Exemption
7.* Privilege }
8. Prerogative }
9. Franchise }
{10.* Possession
{11. Exercise
{12. Obsequiousness
{ 13. Obedience.
{14. Submission
{ 15. Subjection.
16. Subordination
17. Superordination
18.Superiority
129. Supreme

Identifier: | JB/031/260/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 31.
Date_1	1818-07-14	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	031	Main Headings	civil code
Folio number	260	Info in main headings field	civil code
Image	001	Titles
Category	rudiments sheet (brouillon)	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::i&m [prince of wales feathers] 1816]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1816
Notes public		ID Number	9946
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