Quotes by William Godwin about Man

9 quotes by William Godwin about man

William Godwin English Writer

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.

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He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.

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I know many men who are misanthropes, and profess to look down with disdain on their species. My creed is of an opposite character. All that we observe that is best and most excellent in the intellectual world, is man.

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Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

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Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of...

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.

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One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason.

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The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is...

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

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The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by...

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.

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The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men.

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