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9 Sept. 1810, read.
Aº 177-? Written Aº 1809 Marginal contended
Penal Code Offences against Reputation

24.
In what diminished
1. The nature and degree
of the imputation are fixed
and cannot, as in the other
case be deteriorated or
or amplified.
2. The imputation being
fixt presents a fix basis
for defence. p.10

25
Of Defamation the mischief
is encreased,
1. by being printed. p.10

26.
For, in writing the imputation
is as fixt as
in print –
and the diffusion is less
extensive. p.11.

27
2. – in verse.

28.
For, it is easier to
remember & communicate. p.11

29.
3. Embellished by wit,
in which case it is
called satire. p.11.

30.
For by with the impression
is strengthened.
The pleasures produced
by wit viz pleasure of
surprize and pleasure
of sympathy, derived from
the contemplation of ingenuity
the imputation is
rendered easier to remember
and communicate
and by sympathy
for the author, antipathy
as towards object of the
satire is produced.
The moral demerit
will be as literary merit. p.12.

31.
4. Set to music constituting
a ballad. p.13.


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32.
For thus further encrease
is given to the pleasure
produced and the facility
of remembrance and communication. p.13.

33.
What sort of imputation
shall be most mischievous
to an individual depends
on his or her condition in
life. p.14

34.
The Sensibility & thence
mischief, is encreased in
quantity
1. by degree of culture
in education.
2. by elevation in rank. p.14

35
But è contra, by the
power & influence with
which rank is apt to be
attended; the sensibility
is in another way diminished:
power & influence
rendering a man so much the less dependant
on the free
good offices of others. p.14

36.
Hence by rank the immediate
pain of humiliation
is perhaps encreased
but the remote mischief
resulting from loss of reputation,
good will, good
offices, diminished. p.15.

37.
When rank is accompanied
by proportionate
opulence or by his migrating
to a country where
nothing else is known
of him, the mischief
of loss of reputation may
be diminished. p.15.

38.
In this as in other
cases the quantity of
the mischief will depend
greatly on idiosyncracy. p.15.


Identifier: | JB/064/105/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 64.

Date_1

1809

Marginal Summary Numbering

24-38

Box

064

Main Headings

Penal Code

Folio number

105

Info in main headings field

Penal Code Offences against Reputation

Image

001

Titles

Category

Marginal summary sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

D2 / E2

Penner

Watermarks

TH 1806

Marginals

Paper Producer

Andre Morellet

Corrections

Jeremy Bentham

Paper Produced in Year

1806

Notes public

[[notes_public::"Ao 177[ ]? Written Ao 1809 Marginal-contented" [note in Bentham's hand]]]

ID Number

20459

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