William Godwin

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What magic is there in the pronoun "my", to overturn the decisions of everlasting truth?

Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, II, ii

Writings by William Godwin

[books / book excerpts]

· Damon and Delia. London, 1784.

· Italian Letters; or, The History of the Count de St. Julian. London, 1784.

· Imogen: A Pastorial Romance From the Ancient British. London, 1784.

· An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice. 1st edition, London, 1793.

· Things as they are, or the Adventures of Caleb Williams. London, 1794.

· Of History and Romance. 1797.

· Memoirs of Mary Wollstonecraft. 2nd edition, 1798.

· Thoughts occasioned by the perusal of Dr. Parr's Spital Sermon. 1801.

· Life of Chaucer. London, 1804.

· Fleetwood: Or, The New Man Of Feeling. London, 1805.

· Of Population. London, 1820.

· Thoughts on Man, his Nature, Productions and Discoveries. London, 1831.

· Lives of the Necromancers. London, 1834.

· An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Political Justice. 4th edition, London, 1842.

[articles]

· A Defense of the Rockingham Party. London, 1783.

· An Account of the Seminary. London, 1783.

· The Herald of Literature. London, 1784.

· Instructions to a Statesman. London, 1784.

· On Education. Excerpted from various sources.

Writings about William Godwin

[dictionary / encyclopaedia entries]

· William Godwin. Encyclopædia Britannica (1911).

· William Godwin. The Literary Encyclopedia.

· William Godwin. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

· William Godwin. Wikipedia.

[other writings]

· To William Godwin Author of "Political Justice". By Samuel Taylor Coleridge. January 1795.

· William Godwin. By William Hazlitt. Excerpted from The Spirit of the Age, London, 1825.

· Life of William Godwin. By Mary Shelley. 1840.

· William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries. By C. Kegan Paul. London, 1876, vol. 1.

· William Godwin: His Friends and Contemporaries. By C. Kegan Paul. London, 1876, vol. 2.

· William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. By C. W. Previté-Orton. New York, 1921.

· Summary of Principles. By Peter Marshall. Excerpted from The Anarchist Writings of William Godwin, London, 1986.

· Godwin's Place in the Anarchist Tradition: A Bicentennial Tribute. By K. C. Wenzer. Social Anarchism, 1995.

· Godwin Revisited: Anarchism for the Real World. By Christopher Joseph Roberson, 1996.

· William Godwin and Informal Education. By Mark K. Smith. infed.org, 1998.

· William Godwin. By Peter Landry, 2001.

· William Godwin: The Novel, Philosophy, and History. By Adam Rounce. History of European Ideas, March, 2007.

· Godwin, Fénelon, and the Disappearing Teacher. By Graham Allen. History of European Ideas, March, 2007.

· ‘Why May Not Man One Day Be Immortal?’ By Siobhan Ni. History of European Ideas, March, 2007.

· St. Leon and the Culture of the Heart. By Louise Joy. History of European Ideas, March, 2007.

· ‘The Vehicle He Has Chosen’. By David O’Shaughnessy. History of European Ideas, March, 2007.

Miscellaneous

· Portraits of Godwin. National Portrait Gallery (London).

Utilitarian Philosophers

David Hume · Jeremy Bentham · William Godwin · James Mill

John Stuart Mill · Henry Sidgwick · R. M. Hare · Peter Singer

Throw aside your books of chemistry, and read Godwin on necessity.

William Wordsworth