1. William Godwin - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin

William Godwin From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search William Godwin William Godwin 3 March 7 April ) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist . He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism , and one of the first modern proponents of philosophical anarchism Godwin is most famous for two books that he published within the space of a year: " An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice ", an attack on political institutions , and Things as They Are or The Adventures of Caleb Williams , which attacks aristocratic privilege, but also is virtually the first mystery novel . Based on the success of both, Godwin featured prominently in the radical circles of London in the . In the ensuing conservative reaction to British radicalism , Godwin was attacked, in part because of his marriage to the pioneering feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft in and his candid biography of her after her death; their child, Mary Godwin (later Mary Shelley) would go on to author Frankenstein and marry the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley . Godwin wrote prolifically in the genres of novels

2. William Godwin William Godwin. (17561836). Enquiry Concerning Political Justice. http://cupid.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/het/godwin/godindex.htm

William Godwin Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

3. William Godwin William Godwin was born at Wisbech in 1756. After three years at day school and three years with a private tutor in Norwich, Godwin entered Hoxton http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRgodwin.htm

Home Email Search Author ... Index Page William Godwin was born at Wisbech in 1756. After three years at day school and three years with a private tutor in Norwich , Godwin entered Hoxton Presbyterian College. Godwin left college as a Tory but after five years as a minister he had developed radical political views. While he was a minister in Beaconsfield William Godwin became friendly with the Rational Dissenters, Richard Price and Joseph Priestley In 1787 Godwin left the ministry and became a full-time writer. Inspired by the writings of Tom Paine , Godwin published Enquiry into Political Justice in 1793. In the book Godwin argued that as long as people acted rationally, they could live without laws or institutions. The following year Godwin's pioneering novel, The Adventures of Caleb Williams , was published. In 1797 Godwin married Mary Wollstonecraft but she died soon after their daughter was born. The following year he wrote Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Women (1798). He also spent several years on the Life of Chaucer Godwin's political ideas had a great influence on writers such as Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron . Godwin and Shelley became close friends. However, their relationship was damaged when in 1814, Shelley fell in love and eloped with Mary, Godwin's sixteen-year-old daughter. In later life Godwin concentrated on writing novels, the most popular being

4. William Godwin William Godwin, 17561836. Picture of W.Godwin. Anarchistic/Utopian political and social philosopher - husband of early feminist author Mary Wollestonecraft http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/wgodwin.htm

William Godwin, 1756-1836. Anarchistic/Utopian political and social philosopher - husband of early feminist author Mary Wollestonecraft and father of Mary Shelley (writer of "Frankenstein" and wife of romantic poet Percy Byssche Shelley). A profound optimist concerning human nature, he nonetheless recognized the exploitative nature of capitalism and proposed a utopian restructuring of society whereby those who earn more than their basic needs would distribute the surplus to the needy. In his famous 1793 plea for anarchy, Godwin posited that the pursuit of happiness is the only object of personal and social ethics. In an early utilitarian leap, Godwin actually went on to argue that "Justice" requires the maximization of aggregate pleasure. His optimistic prognostics on the ultimate "perfectibility" of mankind led Malthus to respond with his dismal essay on population. Major Works of William Godwin A Defense of the Rockingham Party Imogen: Pastoral romance from the Ancient British Instructions to a Statesman An Inquiry Concerning Political Justice Copy (1) Copy (2) Things as They Are; or the adventures of Caleb Williams

5. The Literary Gothic | William Godwin William Godwin page at The Literary Gothic, the web s premier guide to Gothic and supernaturalist literature written prior to 1950. http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/godwin.html

Godwin, William 3 March 1756 - 7 April 1836 Important political and social philosopher of the Romantic period, husband of the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft and father of Mary (Wollstonecraft Godwin) Shelley . In fact, it was Godwin's fame as a radical social thinker that attracted the attention of Percy Bysshe Shelley , who on a visit to Godwin first met Mary Godwin, whom he would eventually marry. William Godwin's liberal social theories had a significant effect on his daughter's novel Frankenstein ; he himself wrote a couple of novels with pronounced Gothic features, most notably Caleb Williams and St. Leon Sites: William Godwin Archive Includes biographical and bibliographical information, as well as the etext of Political Justice , Godwin's major work which lays out many of the ideas given fictional treatment in his Gothic novels. [Anarchist Archives, Pitzer College] (And here, for good measure, is another etext of Political Justice Biographical essay [Andrew McCann, U Melbourne; Literary Encyclopedia] Brief biographical note [Gothic Labyrinth] Brief biographical note Columbia Encyclopedia , Bartleby] Brief biographical note [John W. Cousins

6. William Godwin William Godwin s book Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, started in 1791 published in February 1793 is intended to philosophically place the principles http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/philosophers/william-godwin.php

@import url(http://www.philosophyprofessor.com/side/cssphp.css); HOME Philosophies Philosophers Library ... Zeno of Elea web here Some Rights Reserved . Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners. By accessing this site or its contents you agree to the below terms. SITE MAP William Godwin Ideas - Humankind is perfectible. - Reason tends to truth; truth leads to justice. - Government usurps private judgment and individual conscience; it is the greatest obstacle to human happiness. - Education and environment determine personality and character. - There are no rights, only duties; the fundamental moral duty is universal benevolence. - Nonviolent reform, not revolution, is the only way to achieve political change. Biography English political philosopher. Godwin was educated as a rationalist dissenter from the established church. His political theories formed the basis of anarchism. His version of anarchism being a belief that the state would become unnecessary as human beings developed their powers of moral and political self-determination. William Godwin's book Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, started in 1791 published in February 1793 is intended to "philosophically place the principles of politics on an immovable basis". It begins with a summary of those principles.

7. William Godwin (British Philosopher) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia Shelley, Wollstonecraft, comparison to Malthus, Anarchist theory, Enlightenment, Utilitarian political philosophy, novel of social protest. http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-236959/William-Godwin

Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. William Godwin (British philosopher) A selection of articles discussing this topic. Main article: William Godwin social philosopher, political journalist, and religious dissenter who anticipated the English Romantic literary movement with his writings advancing atheism, anarchism, and personal freedom. comparison to Malthus Malthus's thought reflects a reaction, amiably conducted, to his father's views and to the doctrines of the French Revolution and its supporters, such as the English radical philosopher William Godwin. Widely read for such works as Political Justice (1793), Godwin took for granted the perfectibility of humankind and looked to a millennium in which rational people would... novel of social protest ...to this day as classics. Edmund Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord (1796) was praised a century and a half after its composition as the greatest piece of invective in the English language. William Godwin's Political Justice (1793) does not compare in the majesty of its prose to those supreme models, but it did inflame Shelley and other men of letters of the time. Walter Bagehot...

8. WILLIAM GODWIN - Online Information Article About WILLIAM GODWIN WILLIAM GODWIN Online Information article about WILLIAM GODWIN. http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/GOA_GRA/GODWIN_WILLIAM.html

Online Encyclopedia Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition. WILLIAM GODWIN Online Encyclopedia Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 179 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. Make a correction to this article. Add information or comments to this article. Encyclopedia Home GOA-GRA Spread the word: del.icio.us it! See also: WILLIAM WILLIAM (1143-1214) WILLIAM (1227-1256) WILLIAM (1J33-1584) ... WILLIAM, 13TH WILLIAM See also: GODWIN, FRANCIS (1562-1633) GODWIN, MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT (1759-1797) WILLIAM GODWIN GODWIN See also: ENGLISH English See also: POLITICAL political and See also: MISCELLANEOUS miscellaneous writer, son of a See also: NONCONFORMIST Nonconformist See also: MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant) minister , was See also: BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791) born on the 3rd of See also: MARCH MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf. MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458) MARCH, EARLS OF ... MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– ) March 1756, at Wisbeach in

9. William Godwin Biography And Summary William Godwin biography with 211 pages of profile on William Godwin sourced from encyclopedias, critical essays, summaries, and research journals. http://www.bookrags.com/William_Godwin

Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Biographies Research Anything: All BookRags Literature Guides Essays Criticism Biographies Encyclopedias History Encyclopedias Films Periodic Table ... Amazon.com William Godwin Summary Order the William Godwin Summary Pack View 1 William Godwin Critical Essays William Godwin About 211 pages (63,264 words) in 12 products "William Godwin" Search Results Contents: Biographies Works by Author Summaries Criticism Biography Name: William Godwin Birth Date: March 3, 1756 Death Date: April 7, 1836 Place of Birth: Wisbeck, Cambridgeshire, England Place of Death: London, England Nationality: English Gender: Male Occupations: writer, scholar summary from source: Biography of William Godwin 627 words, approx. 2 pages William Godwin was a controversial British thinker and philosopher whose radical and anarchistic beliefs reflected the idea that all monarchies were "unavoidably corrupt" and that no person should have power over another. He objected to most social... summary from source: Biography of William Godwin 393 words, approx. 1 pages The English political theorist and writer William Godwin (1756-1836) was a libertarian anarchist and utopian proponent of a natural, rational, secular society. William Godwin, son of an Independent minister, was born on March 3, 1756, at Wisbeck,...

10. William Godwin - LoveToKnow 1911 WILLIAM GODWIN (17561836), English political and miscellaneous writer, son of a Nonconformist minister, was born on the 3rd of March 1756, at Wisbeach in http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/William_Godwin

William Godwin From LoveToKnow 1911 WILLIAM GODWIN (1756-1836), English political and miscellaneous writer, son of a Nonconformist minister, was born on the 3rd of March 1756, at Wisbeach in Cambridgeshire . His family came on both sides of middle-class people, and it was probably only as a joke that Godwin, a stern political reformer and philosophical radical, attempted to trace his pedigree to a time before the Norman conquest and the great earl Godwine . Both parents were strict Calvinists. The father died young, and never inspired love or much regret in his son; but in spite of wide differences of opinion, tender affection always subsisted between William Godwin and his mother, until her death at an advanced age. William Godwin was educated for his father's profession at Hoxton Academy, where he was under Andrew Kippis the biographer and Dr Abraham Rees of the Cyclopaedia, and was at first more Calvinistic than his teachers, becoming a Sande manian, or follower of John Glas , whom he describes as "a celebrated north-country apostle who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, has contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin." He then acted as a minister at Ware

11. Literary Encyclopedia: William Godwin William Godwin rose to public prominence in the early 1790s, with two publications that rank amongst the most influential of that decade Enquiry Concerning http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1780

12. Godwin William Godwin first appears in the Isle of Wight records in 1655 when William Godwin wrote his will 21 Nov, 1710 and it was recorded 26 Sept 1720 in http://www.sallysfamilyplace.com/MulberryGrove/godwinw.htm

Sally's Family Place - Mulberry Grove MAPLE LAWN MULBERRY GROVE PARKER RAYNER ... HOME Best viewed with Internet Explorer - MG Index Moore Godwin C Jas Wr Will Ed William ... William Cotten/on Esther Godwin Cullen Jesse ... AnsonCo Browne Sarah John John Samuel ... Edward Brittle Sarah John Rutland Elizabeth Rutland Williams Elizabeth Lewis John Godwin Martha William Thomas Jeremiah Wright Elizabeth Thomas also Pensie Stephen Lawrence Sarah John John Robert family portraits legends house interior ... Powell Bracewell Robert Solomon Borland Kinchen Sally's great-great-great-great-great-great-great Grandparents: William Godwin ca 1640 - 1720 his parents her parents of Isle of Wight County, Virginia This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!! William Godwin first appears in the Isle of Wight records in 1655 when Humphrey Clark leaves him a cow. Thomas Griffen in his will dated 8 Nov, 1669 refers to him as my brother. [He was married to Elizabeth's sister Ann] William Godwin is mentioned as neighbor to John Whitley on Feb 21, 1670 and was named as appraiser for several estates.

13. William Godwin - Infoshop OpenWiki William Godwin (March 3, 1756 April 7, 1836) was an English political and miscellaneous writer, considered one of the important precursors of both http://www.infoshop.org/wiki/William_Godwin

William Godwin From Infoshop OpenWiki Jump to: navigation search William Godwin March 3 April 7 ) was an English political and miscellaneous writer , considered one of the important precursors of both utilitarian and anarchist thought. He is also famous for the women in his life: he married the early feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft in and together with her had one daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin , better known as Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein who married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley Born at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire , his family on both sides were middle-class people, and it was probably only as a joke that Godwin, a stern political reformer and philosophical radical, attempted to trace his pedigree to a time before the Norman Conquest and the great earl, Godwine . Both parents (John and Anne Godwin) were strict Calvinists . His father, a Nonconformist minister, died young, and never inspired love or much regret in his son; but in spite of wide differences of opinion, tender affection always subsisted between William Godwin and his mother, until her death at an advanced age. William Godwin was educated for his father's profession at Hoxton Academy , where he was under Andrew Kippis the biographer and Dr Abraham Rees of the Cyclopaedia , and was at first more Calvinistic than his teachers, becoming a

14. William Godwin - Wikipedia, Den Fria Encyklopedin William Godwin, född 3 mars 1756 i Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, död 7 april 1836, var en brittisk filosof, samhällskritiker och författare. http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin

William Godwin Wikipedia Hoppa till: navigering s¶k William Godwin William Godwin , f¶dd 3 mars i Wisbech Cambridgeshire , d¶d 7 april , var en brittisk filosof , samh¤llskritiker och f¶rfattare. Gift 1797 med f¶rfattaren och feministen Mary Wollstonecraft , far till Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Retroaktivt har han identifierats som anarkist (av till exempel Kropotkin ), men kallade sig sj¤lv inte det d¥ den ben¤mningen inte var i bruk under hans levnadstid. Han hyste en stor tilltro till f¶rnuftet som ledsagare f¶r varje enskild individ och "f¶rkastade varje samh¤llsordning som vilade p¥ makt" (Anarkismen, George Woodcock ), varf¶r vissa menar att han ¤r en av dem som st¥r i spetsen f¶r den anarkistiska traditionen. p¥b¶rjad . Hj¤lp till genom att fylla i mer Den h¤r artikeln ¤r h¤mtad fr¥n http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Godwin Kategorier Politiska teoretiker Brittiska filosofer ... Anarkismstubbar Visningar Artikel diskussion Redigera Historik Personliga verktyg Skapa ett konto eller logga in Navigering Huvudsida Deltagarportalen Bybrunnen Senaste ¤ndringarna ... Ladda upp filer S¶k Verktygsl¥da Sidor som l¤nkar hit „ndringar p¥ angr¤nsande sidor Specialsidor Utskriftsv¤nlig version ... Citera denna artikel Andra spr¥k Deutsch English Esperanto Espa±ol ... T¼rk§e Sidan ¤ndrades senast 16.57, 24 december 2007.

15. William Godwin - Wikiquote Wikisource has original works written by or about William Godwin. Works by William Godwin at Project Gutenberg. This article on an author is a stub. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Godwin

William Godwin From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind. William Godwin ), was a leader of the English Jacobin movement, a political philosopher, educationalist, novelist, historian and biographer. He was the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft , father of Mary Shelley and father-in-law of Percy Bysshe Shelley edit Sourced As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking. "Of Choice in Reading", The Enquirer The poet…who is the legislator of generations and the moral instructor of the world. The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer vol. 1, p. 370 (1803) edit An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species. Vol. 1, bk. 1, ch. 2 If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind. Vol. 1, bk. 1, ch.4

16. William Godwin: Blogs, Photos, Videos And More On Technorati The Novels of William Godwin and Those of His Contemporaries (Gothic Studies and Dissertations) william godwin, gothic studies, contemporaries, http://technorati.com/tag/william godwin

Catch the latest action, scores and banter in Sports Join Sign in Help ... Blogger Central 7 posts tagged william godwin Subscribe Posts Blogs Videos Photos search in entire post tags only of blogs with any authority a little authority some authority a lot of authority in language all languages Arabic (العربية) Chinese (中文) Dutch (Nederlands) English French (Fran§ais) German (Deutsch) Greek (Ελληνικά) Hebrew (עברית) Italian (Italiano) Japanese (日本語) Korean (한국어) Norwegian (Norsk) Persian (فارسی) Polish (Polski) Portuguese (Portuguªs) Russian (Русский) Spanish (Espa±ol) Swedish (Svenska) Turkish (T¼rk§e) Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) British Essayists: William Hazlitt: William Godwin THE Spirit of the Age was never more fully shown than in its treatment of this writer — its love of paradox and change, its dastard submission to prejudice and to the fashion of the day. Five-and twenty years ago he was in the very zenith of a sultry and unwholesome popularity; he blazed as a sun in 11 days ago in Moderato Authority: 37 Monbiot on human nature http://thesamovar.wordpress.com/ 2007/ 10/ 24/ monbiot-on-human-nature/

17. William Godwin Quotes Quotes and Quotations by author William Godwin. There are 52 quotes for the author William Godwin. Quotations 1 to 20 of 52 Results Page 1 2 3 http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/listquotes/author/william-godwin

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18. William Godwin (Stanford Encyclopedia Of Philosophy) william godwin (17561836) was the founder of philosophical anarchism. In his An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) he argued that government is a http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/godwin/

Cite this entry Search the SEP Advanced Search Tools ... Please Read How You Can Help Keep the Encyclopedia Free William Godwin First published Sun Jan 16, 2000; substantive revision Sat May 20, 2006 William Godwin (1756-1836) was the founder of philosophical anarchism. In his An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) he argued that government is a corrupting force in society, perpetuating dependence and ignorance, but that it will be rendered increasingly unnecessary and powerless by the gradual spread of knowledge. Politics will be displaced by an enlarged personal morality as truth conquers error and mind subordinates matter. In this development the rigorous exercise of private judgment, and its candid expression in public discussion, plays a central role, motivating his rejection of a wide range of co- operative and rule-governed practices which he regards as tending to mental enslavement, such as law, private property, marriage and concerts. Epitomising the optimism of events in France at the time he began writing, Godwin looked forward to a period in which the dominance of mind over matter would be so complete that mental perfectibility would take a physical form, allowing us to control illness and ageing and become immortal. and the chambermaid turns out to be my mother. Godwin's conclusion that we must save the former relies on consequentialist grounds. However, since his account of the content of utility is inseparable from the development of truth and wisdom, and since we can best promote this through the full and free exercise of private judgment and public discussion, the resulting position looks more like a form of perfectionism than utilitarianism.

19. William Godwin Archive An extensive collection of online texts by this noted early anarchist. Also contains biography, bibliography, commentary, and images. http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/anarchist_archives/godwin/Godwinarchive.html

An Online Research Center on the History and Theory of Anarchism Home Search About Us Contact Us ... Critics Corner The Cynosure Michael Bakunin William Godwin Emma Goldman Peter Kropotkin Errico Malatesta Pierre-Joseph Proudhon ... Bright but Lesser Lights Cold Off The Presses Pamphlets Periodicals Anarchist History Worldwide Movements ... Graphics William Godwin This page has been accessed by visitors outside of Pitzer College times since September 25, 1999. ANARCHY ARCHIVES [Home] [Search] [About Us] [Contact Us] ... [Critics Corner]

20. William Godwin, 1756-1836 The father of philosophical anarchism, william godwin, was born March 3, 1756 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and was the seventh of thirteen children of John http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/godwin.html

William Godwin, 1756-1836 The annals of the French Revolution prove that the knowledge of the few cannot counteract the ignorance of the many . . . the light of philosophy, when it is confined to a small minority, points out the possessors as the victims rather than the illuminators of the multitude. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Essays on His Own Times The father of philosophical anarchism, William Godwin, was born March 3, 1756 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, and was the seventh of thirteen children of John Godwin and Anna Hull. Physically weak, introverted and intellectually precocious, Godwin held to strict Sandemanian Calvinism almost until the end of his formal education in 1778 at the Dissenting school, Hoxton Academy. John Godwin was a minister of the Sandeman variety and it was expected that young William would follow him into the ministry. Godwin later described Sandeman as a "celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin." Such an austere religiosity so early in life goes a long way to explain why Godwin would eventually become the prophet of philosophical anarchism. Political events in America and England, discussions with his associates and his study of the French

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