William Godwin
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Godwin
in the texts
Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
English political philosopher of revolutionary radicalism.
He was a teacher of a totally different stamp from a thinker like Godwin, whose revolutionary creed was already out of date;
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated
Philosopher named alongside Rousseau as a source of illusions that alarm men wary of undermining constitutional principles.
Many wise and good men, however, alarmed by the illusions of Rousseau and Godwin, and the atrocities of the French revolution, honestly believe that these principles have teeth and claws, which it is expedient to draw and pare, however constitutional they may be;