William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism.
William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the f...
Excerpt from Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries; Interspersed With Some Particulars Respecting the Author In the ensuing volume I have attempted to give a define and permanent form to a variety of thoughts, which have occurred to my mind in the course of thirty-four years, it being so long since I published a volume, entitled, the Enquirer, - thoughts, which, if they have presented themselves to other men, have, at least so far as I am aware, never been given to the public through the medium of the press. During a part of this period I had remained to a considerable...
Excerpt from Thoughts on Man: His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries; Interspersed With Some Particulars Respecting the Author In the ensuing vo...
The reputation of WILLIAM GODWIN as a social philosopher, and the merits of his famous novel, -Caleb Williams, - have been for more than a century the subject of extreme divergencies of judgment among critics. -The first systematic anarchist, - as he is called by Professor Saintsbury, aroused bitter contention with his writings during his own lifetime, and his opponents have remained so prejudiced that even the staid bibliographer Allibone, in his -Dictionary of English Literature, - a place where one would think the most flagitious author safe from animosity, speaks of Godwin's private life...
The reputation of WILLIAM GODWIN as a social philosopher, and the merits of his famous novel, -Caleb Williams, - have been for more than a century the...
