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14 February 1793. Publication place. Great Britain. (now the United Kingdom) Media type. Print. Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness is a 1793 book by the philosopher William Godwin, in which the author outlines his political philosophy. [1] It is the first modern work to elucidate anarchism .
Reconstructing a Social and Political Culture 1788-1836. Welcome to the award-winning digital edition of the diary of William Godwin (1756-1836). Godwin’s diary consists of 32 octavo notebooks. The first entry is for 6 April 1788 and the final entry is for 26 March 1836, shortly before he died. The diary is a resource of immense importance to ...
Nov 24, 2023 · William Godwin ( 3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher, educationalist, novelist, historian and biographer. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism. He was the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, father of Mary Shelley and father-in-law of ...
Mar 13, 2024 · The late eighteenth-century radical polymath William Godwin has occupied an awkward position in anarchist intellectual culture in Britain. Early historians of anarchist ideas such as Max Nettlau and Paul Eltzbacher defined Godwin's philosophical contribution to the French Revolution debate in Britain, the Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793), as an early work of anarchist political thinking.
William Godwin. jornalista, novelista e filósofo político. propriedade, liberdade, autoridade, justiça social, pobreza, sociedade . William Godwin ( Cambridgeshire, 3 de março de 1756 — 7 de abril de 1836) foi um jornalista inglês, filósofo político e novelista.
Jun 27, 2024 · This article offers an interpretation of British philosopher William Godwin's theory of property ownership, as outlined in his Enquiry Concerning Political Justice.Godwin's work can be read as presenting an incoherent account of property rights, which, on the one hand, justifies its existence on seemingly utilitarian grounds while, on the other, impugns its legitimacy on egalitarian grounds.
Aug 30, 2020 · In his essay ‘Of Manly Treatment and Behaviour’, published in The Enquirer (1797), the English polymath William Godwin (1756–1836) highlights both the connection between infancy and adulthood and that which differentiates these two stages of life: A young person should be educated, as if he were one day to become a man.
