An Enquiry concerning Political Justice and its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness

by William Godwin

$8,000 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

Such was man in his original state, and such is man as we at present behold him. Is it possible for us to contemplate what he has already done without being impressed with a strong presentiment of the improvements he has yet to accomplish? There is no science that is not capable of additions; there is no art that may not be carried to a still higher perfection. If this be true of all other sciences, why not of morals? If this be true of all other arts, why not of social institution? The

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