Another critic of this philosopher coined the phrase "nonsense on stilts" to describe his theories and criticized him for his reliance on so-called "fictions."
Joseph Priestley wrote a pamphlet correcting this thinker's grammar and history and attacking his views on Dissenters. Another critic of this philosopher coined the phrase "nonsense on stilts" to describe his theories and criticized him for his reliance on so-called "fictions." This thinker formulated the principle that "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer." His magnum opus comprises the four sections "The (*) Rights of Persons," "The Rights of Things," "Of Private Wrongs," and "Of Public Wrongs." Jeremy Bentham excoriated this thinker's defense of natural law in his Fragment on Government. For 10 points, name this author of the Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Joseph Priestley wrote a pamphlet correcting this thinker's grammar and history and attacking his views on Dissenters.
Sir William Blackstone