“For a punishment to be just it should consist of only such gradations of intensity as suffice to deter men from committing crimes.”

About Cesare Beccaria

Philosopher • Italian

Cesare Beccaria was an Italian jurist, philosopher, and politician who is widely considered one of the greatest thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment. His most famous work, "On Crimes and Punishments" (1764), condemned...