---
title: "renaissance - IVU - International Vegetarian Union"
description: "The IVU is a growing global network of independent organizations which are promoting vegetarianism worldwide."
url: "https://ivu.org/?view=category&id=71"
date: "2026-11-06T04:15:29+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

renaissance

 [ ![George Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon (1707-1788)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/history/renaissance/Buffon.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2585:history-renaissance-buffon&catid=71)

## [George Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon (1707-1788)](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2585:history-renaissance-buffon&catid=71)

an extract from L'Histoire Naturelle: Man is enabled to use, as a master, his power over animals. He has multiplied them more tha…

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 [ ![Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/history/renaissance/Bentham.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2584:history-renaissance-bentham&catid=71)

## [Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2584:history-renaissance-bentham&catid=71)

from 'Principles of Morals and Legislation': The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which…

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 [ ![David Hartley (1705-1757)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/history/renaissance/DavidHartley.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2597:history-renaissance-hartley&catid=71)

## [David Hartley (1705-1757)](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2597:history-renaissance-hartley&catid=71)

With respect to animal diet, let it be considered that taking away the lives of animals, in order to convert them into food, does…

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 [ ![Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/banners/history-renaissance-goldsmith.png) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2596:history-renaissance-goldsmith&catid=71)

## [Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2596:history-renaissance-goldsmith&catid=71)

The Hermit Then turn to-night, and freely share Whate'er my cell bestows My rushy couch and frugal fare, My blessing and repose. …

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 [ ![John Gay (1685-1732)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/history/renaissance/John_Gay.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2595:history-renaissance-gay&catid=71)

## [John Gay (1685-1732)](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2595:history-renaissance-gay&catid=71)

John Gay (30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732) was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera (1728),…

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 [ ![Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655)](https://ivu.org/images/legacy/history/history/renaissance/PierreGassendi.jpg) ](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2594:history-renaissance-gassendi&catid=71)

## [Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655)](https://ivu.org/?view=article&id=2594:history-renaissance-gassendi&catid=71)

As for flesh, true, indeed, is it that man is sustained on flesh. But how many things, let me ask, does man do every day which ar…

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