1. William Godwin, 1756-1836 William Godwin, 17561836. The annals of the French Revolution prove that theknowledge of the few cannot counteract the ignorance of the many . . . 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

2. Godwin William Il est assez couramment admis que c'est avec William Godwin (17561836), un essayiste, philosophe politique et romancier anglais, que l'anarchisme trouve sa premi¨re formulation explicite. http://www.ao.qc.ca/autodidactique/lectures/anar/godwin/godwin.html

3. An Uneasy Affair -- Introduction Studies on William Godwin (17561836) in the twentieth century have more than adequatelyexplored his philosophical scheme for a well-conceived or simple http://www.historyguide.org/thesis/intro.html

An Uneasy Affair: William Godwin and English Radicalism, 1793-1797 Introduction Studies on William Godwin (1756-1836) in the twentieth century have more than adequately explored his philosophical scheme for a "well-conceived" or "simple form of society without government." These studies have concentrated upon an examination of his most celebrated political treatise, the Enquiry Concerning Political Justice His thoughts on virtue, education, the abolition of the marriage contract, rejection of all natural rights theories, criticism of government and political associations of any kind, faith in human perfectibility, and his rigorous rejection of and hostility towards coercion and authority have been acutely analyzed by the modern historian. But a peculiar problem still exists. Godwin has, in general, suffered at the hands of the modern historian and has undergone a fate in history not unlike that which befell him during his own stormy career. While some biographers (primarily literary historians), have attempted to honor Godwin as a precursor to the romantic movement, most have concentrated upon anecdotal history. We are unfortunately presented with an incomplete portrait of Godwin by those biographers who insist upon treating him merely as a member of a literary movement of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. On the whole, literary historians have failed to establish the relationship of Godwin's thought to English radicalism in the 1790s.

4. William Godwin An author with radical political views, Godwin published Enquiry into Political Justice in 1793, in which he argued that as long as people acted rationally, they could live without laws or institutions. He had great influence on writers such as Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. (17561836) http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRgodwin.htm

William Godwin To receive your free copy every week enter your email address below. FREE Education Newsletters - choose below... Education on the Internet Teaching History Online Email: Let keep Ahead .com bring you the world by email Spartacus USA History British History Second World War ... Email 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

5. Godwin, William (1756-1836) Godwin, William. philosopher, writer. england. 3 Mar 1756, Wisbech, Isle Monsters,Routledge, New York, 1989; William Godwin s subversive novel. http://www.xs4all.nl/~androom/biography/p001085.htm

Godwin, William philosopher, writer england 3 Mar 1756, Wisbech, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire - 7 Apr 1836, London Grave location: Bournemouth, Dorset: St. Peter's Churchyard Son of John Godwin, the Minister of Wisbech Independent Chapel. In 1773 William went to the dissenting college at Hoxton where he studied until 1778. Then he became Minister in Ware, Hertfordshire, but in 1779 he left for London and in 1780 for suffolk. He became a deist and in 1782 a socianianist (originally a doctrine held by an Antitrinitarian sect that had sprung from the Reformation). In 1783 he was Minister at Beaconsfield for half a year and in the same year he published his Life of Chatham. In 1783 he settled in London to become a writer. He wrote reviews for English Review and wrote letters for the Political Herald. In 1786 he met the playwright Thomas Holcroft, who became a close friend. Godwin turned into a convinced atheist and during the time of the French Revolution in 1789 he already held very radical views. Godwin started a diary in 1788 and would continue this for the rest of his life. On 13 Apr 1791 he first met Mary Wollstonecraft during a diner at which Thomas Paine was also present. On 14 Feb 1793 his famous "An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice" was published and on 26 May 1794 his novel "Things as They Are, or The Adventures of Caleb Williams". Also in 1794 he first met Coleridge and the year after Wordsworth. "Political Justice" had made him famous in radical as well as literary circles.

6. William Godwin (1756-1836): The Apostle Of "Universal Benevolence." A Blupete Biography Page William Godwin (17561836) The Apostle of Universal Benevolence. . The English Romantic Movement started http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Philosophy/Godwin.htm

William Godwin The Apostle of "Universal Benevolence." The English Romantic Movement started just about when the 18th century ended. The movement with its "high thought and warm feelings," a reaction to the "vices and follies of the world," continued throughout the first quarter of the 19th century. During this period there came to the forefront certain literary and political agitators, who brought about, beginning with the great Reform Bill of 1832, the law reforms that were to take place as the balance of the 19th century unfolded in England. We may mark the year 1793 as the beginning point of the English Romantic Movement; it was the year that William Godwin brought out his work, Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice William Godwin, born on March 3rd, 1756, at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, came from a line of dissenting ministers. He was the seventh of thirteen children in the family; they were brought up in the Calvinistic faith, an upbringing which undoubtedly had a significant impact on Godwin. At the age of seventeen, William was sent to a theological academy at Hoxton, near London. After his graduation, he was to take a position as a minister at Stowmarket in Sulfolk. Within the year he was to leave Sulfolk and give up the ministry permanently. Godwin then carried himself to London, there to earn a precarious living by his pen.

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Proprietors and Patentees of Reform: Click the letter and you will be brought to the beginning of the appropriate biography list. A B C D ... H I J K L M To Biographies Jump-Off Page ... HOME N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z (Click on letter to go to index.) -A- (Click on letter to go to index.) -B- Bentham, Jeremy In Bentham's writings, politicians, beginning with those of the early 19th century, found legitimization in their most favoured activity: the business of making laws; and, they have been doing it in great quantities ever since. Bentham figured that laws should be socially useful and not merely reflect the status quo ; he thought it to be a "sacred truth" that "the greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation." Many have accepted this view: I have not. (Click on letter to go to index.) -C- Cobbett, William A self taught man, Cobbett was a moving force in the great legislative reforms that took place in England, during the early part of the 19th century. (Click on letter to go to index.) -D- (Click on letter to go to index.)

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10. William Godwin William Godwin, 17561836. 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

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low graphics The gateway to Internet resources for the History of Medicine Godwin, William 1756-1836 Lives of the necromancers by William Godwin The full text of the 1834 publication by William Godwin, provided by Project Gutenberg, which aims to make available classic texts free of charge on the internet. Lives of the necromancers puports to be "An account of the most eminent persons in successive ages, who have claimed for themselves, or to whom has been imputed by others, the exercise of magical power". The text explores aspects of many different cultures and religions embracing a period from classical antiquity to the New England witch trials; from the Greeks and the Romans to the miracles of the early Christian saints; from the Arabian Nights to the legend of Merlin the druid/priest of the Arthurian legend. Includes a section on "Quacks, who in cool blood undertook to overreach mankind". This section makes particular reference to Benvenuto Cellini, Nostradamas, and a Doctor Dee. The sixteenth century physician Paracelsus and the mythical Dr. Faustus who made a pact with the devil, are also examined in the section on witchcraft. Readers note that this is a plain text version and therefore cannot be searched. Witchcraft Roman World Quackery Physicians ... History of Medicine, 16th Cent.

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Godwin, William, 1756-1836 Les aventures de Caleb Williams : roman / William Godwin ; traduit de l'anglais (traduction anonyme du XIXe siècle). Paris : Phébus, 1997. 435 p. ; 21 cm. (Domaine romanesque) ISBN 2-85940-496-1. SDM: 9717091 [A 5] [Titre original: Caleb Williams.] Intéressante initiative que de republier ce roman anglais de 1794. Outre le charme d'une traduction qui épouse le style de l'époque et le plaisir de lire un feuilleton intelligent et bien construit, il faut tenir compte que ce livre est un jalon important dans l'histoire du roman policier. Racontée sous forme de mémoires, cette aventure d'un vengeur presque malgré lui constitue un documentaire social qui justifie son titre d'ancêtre incontestable du roman noir américain des années 1930. [Yvon Allard] Accueil Retour Plan du site Recherche Dernière mise à jour de cette page : 8 août 2001

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William Godwin (1756-1836) An Anthology of the English Literature - 18th Century (none) An Anthology of the English Literature - 18th Century íà www.äîì9.cjb.net William Godwin (1756-1836) The best known of his novels is The Adventures of Caleb Williams, or Things as They Are (1794). In it Godwin sharply contrasts the power possessed by the privileged and the helplessness of the lowly. He also published, among other works, St. Leon, a Tale of the Sixteenth Century (1799), Life of Chaucer-(1803), History of the Commonwealth (1824—28). 53455-subscribe@maillist.ru The Adventures of Caleb Williams This novel is interesting as an early example of the propagandist novel' and the novel of crime and its detection. It was designed to show "the tyranny and perfidiousness exercised by the powerful members of the community against those who are less privileged than themselves." The first part of the book deals with the misdeeds of Tyrrel, an arrogant and tyrannical country squire. Íîâàÿ ðàññûëêà îò MailList.RU äëÿ òåõ, êòî õî÷åò ÷èòàòü è ãîâîðîèòü ïî-àíãëèéñêèé. Êàæäûé âûïóñê - àíàëèç îäíîé ñòàòüè áðèòàíñêîé ïðåññû, âêëþ÷àþùèé îáúÿåñíåíèå ëåêñèêè è ãðàììàòèêè, ïëëþñ, óðîê àíãëèéñêîãî. ëàâíîå îòëè÷èå ðàññûëêè - ïðîâåðêà âàøèõ óïðàæíåíèé: âûïîëíèâ ïðåäëîæåííûå óïðàæíåíèÿ, âû ìîæåòå îòïðàâèòü èõ àâòîðó, êîòîðûé ïðîêîììåíòèðóåò âàøó ðàáîòó. 82217-subscribe@maillist.ru

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