Godwin's "Political Justice.": A Reprint of the Essay on "Property," from the Original Edition

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S. Sonnenschein & Company, 1890 - Liberalism - 155 pages
 

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Page 132 - A reasoned account of the most advanced and most enlightened utilitarian doctrine in a clear and readable form."— Scotsman.
Page 132 - Ought to be in the hands of every student of the Nineteenth Century spirit."— Echo. " No one can complain of not being able to understand what Mr. Bosanquet means."— fall Mall Gazette. 16. Charity Organisation. CS LOCH, Secretary to Charity Organisation Society.
Page 132 - Will be studied with much benefit by all who are interested in the amelioration of the condition of the poor.
Page 38 - To whom does any article of property, suppose a loaf of bread, justly belong? To him who most wants it, or to whom the possession of it will be most beneficial. Here are six men famished with hunger, and the loaf is, absolutely considered, capable of satisfying the cravings of them all. Who is it that has a reasonable claim to benefit by the qualities with which the loaf is endowed?
Page 133 - Edited, with an Introductory Chapter on the English Manor, by Prof. WJ ASHLEY, MA " His views are clearly stated, and are worth reading.
Page 133 - As a biographical history of German Socialistic movements during this century it may be accepted as complete."— British Weekly. 30. The Purse and the Conscience, HM THOMPSON, BA (Cantab.). " Shows common sense and fairness in his arguments.
Page 101 - This cannot be otherwise, so long as man has failed to reach the standard of absolute perfection. The supposition that I must have a companion for life, is the result of a complication of vices. It is the dictate of cowardice, and not of fortitude. It flows from the desire of being loved and esteemed for something that is not desert.
Page 132 - MA (Oxon.). New Edition, with two additional Essays on HUMAN EVOLUTION. " One of the most suggestive books we have met with."— Literary World.
Page 45 - The consequence of this has been that the rich, when they bestowed the most slender pittance of their enormous wealth in acts of charity, as they were called, took merit to themselves for what they gave, instead of considering themselves as delinquents...
Page 101 - It is absurd to expect that the inclinations and wishes of two human beings should coincide through any long period of time. To oblige them to act and to live together is to subject them to some inevitable portion of thwarting, bickering, and unhappiness.

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