<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt;"&gt;Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832) left instructions that his body should be turned into a kind of relic-statue, an &lt;a href= "https://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/who/autoicon"&gt;auto-icon&lt;/a&gt;, after his death. The result is now in University College London. Bentham expert &lt;a href= "https://www.laws.ucl.ac.uk/people/philip-schofield/"&gt;Philip Schofield&lt;/a&gt; discusses this fascinating object, and why Bentham was so keen it should be made, in this episode of the &lt;a href= "htttp://www.philosophysites.com"&gt;Philosophy Sites&lt;/a&gt; podcast series.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Philosophy Sites

Nigel Warburton

Philip Schofield on Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon

FEB 15, 201720 MIN
Philosophy Sites

Philip Schofield on Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon

FEB 15, 201720 MIN

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Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832) left instructions that his body should be turned into a kind of relic-statue, an auto-icon, after his death. The result is now in University College London. Bentham expert Philip Schofield discusses this fascinating object, and why Bentham was so keen it should be made, in this episode of the Philosophy Sites podcast series.