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Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness. Volume 2
It was Godwin, in his Enquiry concerning Political Justice (2 vols., 1793), who was the first to formulate the political and economical conceptions of anarchism, even though he did not give that name to the ideas developed in his remarkable work. Laws, he wrote, are not a product of the wisdom of our ancestors: they are the product of their passions, their timidity, their jealousies and their ambition. The remedy they offer is worse than the evils they pretend to cure. - Summary by Peter Kropotkin
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
BOOK V. CHAP. I. INTRODUCTION
07:38 - Chapter 2
BOOK V. CHAP. II. OF EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE
23:00 - Chapter 3
BOOK V. CHAP. III. PRIVATE LIFE OF A PRINCE.
14:27 - Chapter 4
BOOK V. CHAP. IV. OF A VIRTUOUS DESPOTISM
10:43 - Chapter 5
BOOK V. CHAP. V. OF COURTS AND MINISTERS
19:56 - Chapter 6
BOOK V. CHAP. VI. OF SUBJECTS
20:47 - Chapter 7
BOOK V. CHAP. VII. OF ELECTIVE MONARCHY
11:44 - Chapter 8
BOOK V. CHAP. VIII. OF LIMITED MONARCHY
22:19 - Chapter 9
BOOK V. CHAP. IX. OF A PRESIDENT WITH REGAL POWERS
12:51 - Chapter 10
BOOK V. CHAP. X. OF HEREDITARY DISTINCTION
13:38 - Chapter 11
BOOK V. CHAP. XI. MORAL EFFECTS OF ARISTOCRACY
12:15 - Chapter 12
BOOK V. CHAP. XII. OF TITLES
07:32 - Chapter 13
BOOK V. CHAP. XIII. OF THE ARISTOCRATICAL CHARACTER
20:51 - Chapter 14
BOOK V. CHAP. XIV. GENERAL FEATURES OF DEMOCRACY
18:26 - Chapter 15
BOOK V. CHAP. XV. OF POLITICAL IMPOSTURE
34:09 - Chapter 16
BOOK V. CHAP. XVI. OF THE CAUSES OF WAR
19:13 - Chapter 17
BOOK V. CHAP. XVII. OF THE OBJECT OF WAR
07:01 - Chapter 18
BOOK V. CHAP. XVIII. OF THE CONDUCT OF WAR
12:42 - Chapter 19
BOOK V. CHAP. XIX. OF MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS AND TREATIES
12:59 - Chapter 20
BOOK V. CHAP. XX. OF DEMOCRACY AS CONNECTED WITH THE TRANSACTIONS OF WAR
10:04 - Chapter 21
BOOK V. CHAP. XXI. OP THE COMPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT
13:54 - Chapter 22
BOOK V. CHAP. XXII. OF THE FUTURE HISTORY OF POLITICAL SOCIETIES
14:46 - Chapter 23
BOOK V. CHAP. XXIII. OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES
13:48 - Chapter 24
BOOK V. CHAP. XXIV. OF THE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT
05:44 - Chapter 25
BOOK VI. CHAP. I. GENERAL EFFECTS OF THE POLITICAL SUPERINTENDENCE OF OPINION
29:16 - Chapter 26
BOOK VI. CHAP. II. OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS
09:36 - Chapter 27
BOOK VI. CHAP. III. OF THE SUPPRESSION OF ERRONEOUS OPINION IN RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT
20:05 - Chapter 28
BOOK VI. CHAP. IV. OF TESTS
12:18 - Chapter 29
BOOK VI. CHAP. V. OF OATHS
08:06 - Chapter 30
BOOK VI. CHAP. VI. OF LIBELS
22:42 - Chapter 31
BOOK VI. CHAP. VII. OF CONSTITUTIONS
20:15 - Chapter 32
BOOK VI. CHAP. VIII. OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
12:43 - Chapter 33
BOOK VI. CHAP. IX. OF PENSIONS AND SALARIES
16:44 - Chapter 34
BOOK VI. CHAP. X. OF THE MODES OF DECIDING A QUESTION ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY
06:22 - Chapter 35
BOOK VII. CHAP. I. LIMITATIONS OF THE DOCTRINE OF PUNISHMENT WHICH RESULT FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY
13:27 - Chapter 36
BOOK VII. CHAP. II. GENERAL DISADVANTAGES OF PUNISHMENT
15:36 - Chapter 37
BOOK VII. CHAP. III. OF THE PURPOSES OF PUNISHMENT
14:23 - Chapter 38
BOOK VII. CHAP. IV. OF THE APPLICATION OF PUNISHMENT
19:43 - Chapter 39
BOOK VII. CHAP. V. OF PUNISHMENT CONSIDERED AS A TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT
28:31 - Chapter 40
BOOK VII. CHAP. VI. SCALE OF PUNISHMENT
23:22 - Chapter 41
BOOK VII. CHAP. VII. OF EVIDENCE
05:55 - Chapter 42
BOOK VII. CHAP. VIII. OF LAW
31:16 - Chapter 43
BOOK VII. CHAP. IX. OF PARDONS
11:13 - Chapter 44
BOOK VIII. CHAP. I. PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS
16:34 - Chapter 45
BOOK VIII. CHAP. II. PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY
29:30 - Chapter 46
BOOK VIII. CHAP. III. BENEFITS ATTENDANT ON A SYSTEM OF EQUALITY
27:57 - Chapter 47
BOOK VIII. CHAP. IV. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE FRAILTY OF THE HUMAN MIND
09:43 - Chapter 48
BOOK VIII. CHAP. V. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM QUESTION OF PERMANENCE
07:00 - Chapter 49
BOOK VIII. CHAP. VI. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE ALLUREMENTS OF SLOTH
13:38 - Chapter 50
BOOK VIII. CHAP. VII. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE BENEFITS OF LUXURY
10:45 - Chapter 51
BOOK VIII. CHAP. VIII. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE INFLEXIBILITY OF ITS RESTRICTIONS
27:29 - Chapter 52
BOOK VIII. CHAP. IX. OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION
21:48 - Chapter 53
BOOK VIII. CHAP.X. REFLECTIONS.
37:29