Philosophy of human rights uncompromising and any derogation from the principles a reason to rise up in arms. This was a problem because; The natural rights “Against which there can be no prescription; against these no agreements is binding” gave the revolutionaries the tools to destroy the very society that Burke believed afforded them with rights. In this way Burke thought the rights contained in the "Declaration" would lead to “the antagonist world of madness, discord, vice, confusion, and unavailing sorrow.” The 18th-century Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham criticised the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen" in his text "Anarchical Fallacies". He
Jeremy Bentham the "spiritual founder" of UCL. However, he played only a limited direct part in its foundation. Bentham was born in Houndsditch, London, to a wealthy family that supported the Tory party. He was reportedly a child prodigy: he was found as a toddler sitting at his father's desk reading a multi-volume history of England, and he began to study Latin at the age of three. He learnt to play the violin and at the age of seven, Bentham would perform sonatas by Handel during dinner parties. He had one surviving sibling, Samuel Bentham, with whom he was close. He attended