...country as the celebrated Enquiry concerning Political Justice. Tom Paine was considered for the time as a Tom Fool to him ; Paley an old woman; Edmund Burke...its abode ; and these were the oracles of thought. " Throw aside your books of chemistry," said Wordsworth to a young man, a student in the Temple, "...

...country as the celebrated Enquiry concerning Political Justice. Tom Paine was considered for the time as a Tom Fool to him ; Paley an old woman; Edmund Burke a flashy sophist. Truthj moral truth, it was supposed, had here taken up its abode; and these were the oracles of thought....

...says Hazlitt, "gave such a blow to the philosophical mind of the country as the celebrated ' Inquiry concerning Political Justice.' Tom Paine was considered...old gentleman. But doubtless there is some truth in the statement. Godwin was admirably fitted to be an apostle of reason, so far as a man can be fitted...

...as the celebrated " Inquiry concerning Political Justice." Tom Paine was considered for the time as nce, thus familiarised to men, shall be ready to pnt...flesh and blood, the poet will lend his divine spirit " Throw aside your books of chemistry," said Wordsworth to a young man, a student in the Temple, "...

...Godwin's celebrated Enquiry concerning Political Justice. Tom Paine was considered for the time as a Tom Fool to him; Paley an old woman; Edmund Burke...its abode, and these were the oracles of thought." "Burn your books of chemistry," was Wordsworth's advice to a student, " and read Godwin on Necessity."...

...affinity. That may be found elsewhere ; but a brief indication of his main tendencies will be sufficient for the present purpose. Godwin appeared to many youthful...old gentleman. But doubtless there is some truth in the statement. Godwin was admirably fitted to be an apostle of reason, so far as a man can be fitted...

...generally hailed as the foremost philosopher of England. To quote Hazlitt: "Tom Paine was considered a Tom Fool to him ; Paley, an old woman; Edmund Burke,...sophist. Truth, moral truth, it was supposed, had taken up its abode, and these were the oracles of thought." Doubtless this is an over-statement, but...

...Godwin was at this period the ' very god of our idolatry ' ; Tom Paine was considered for a time a fool to him ; Paley an old woman ; Edmund Burke 'a flashy sophist ' (Spirit of the Age, p. 33). Wordsworth, in particular, he adds, told a student to ' throw aside his...

...country as the celebrated Enquiry concerning Political Justice. Tom Paine was considered for the time as a Tom Fool to him ; Paley an old woman ; Edmund Burke...its abode ; and these were the oracles of thought. « Throw aside your books of chemistry,' said Wordsworth to a young man, a student in the Temple, '...

...Enqtury concerning Political Jvstscc?\ Tom Paine was considered for the time as a Tom Fool to him ; Faley an old woman ; Edmund Burke a flashy sophist. Truth,...its abode ; and these were the oracles of thought. ' Throw aside your books of chemistry,' said Wordsworth to a young man, a student in the Temple, '...