How Did Cesare Beccaria Contribute To The Enlightenment

Cesare Beccaria made many contributions to the enlightenment, some even affect our lives today. He is well remembered for his famous and influential criminology essay “On Crimes And Punishments” that was published in 1764, this book explains the idea of criminal justice. Because of this book Beccaria is was and still is considered the greatest thinker of the enlightenment. In his book was where the idea of torture and the death penalty first originated. The three main ideas Cesare put in his book were free will, rational manner, and manipulability. Cesare knew his ideas that were in his book may cause controversy among the people during the enlightenment, so he published it anonymously because he feared that the government would lash out at