• 导读
  • 带您揭秘人类究竟是怎样的生物,探析人与动物的本源性差别。

    Thoughts on Man His Nature Productions and Discoveries is a sensational novel that focuses on human attitudes. The title says it all. Too much to cover in one book and make any sense. There are some very good ideas dispersed throughout the book and it was interesting to search them out.

  • 内容简介
  • 本书是葛德文的代表作之一,集中体现了其人权思想,也是他多年对人与人性思考的结果。该著作详细论述了人一生中的种种境遇,包括与人相关的名望、教育、生命、性格等问题。又紧密联系社会和政治,引经据典、旁征博引,阐释了人的本质,人与社会环境、政治制度、财产制度、婚姻制度的关系,人在宇宙中的地位等。

    Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries is a sensational novel that focuses on human attitudes. It is acompilation of author's research work and depicts his keenobservation and precise analysis of idiosyncratic values and preferences. The author argues human as any other creature on the earth and takes him as specimen for his study.

  • 作者简介
  • 威廉·葛德文(William Godwin, 1756-1836),英国政治学家和著名作家,出生于1756年,早年受过严格的宗教教育。他的父亲是加尔文教派的传教士,他自己也曾投身于宗教事业,作过牧师。后来由于受到法国启蒙学派的影响,于十八世纪八十年代断绝同宗教的关系,变成无神论者。他一生主要从事著述,是一位多产作家。葛德文思想中包含着不少空想社会主义的成分,这对英国浪漫主义文学产生过很大影响,如拜伦和雪菜,都是这种思想的信徒,尤以后来成为其女婿的雪莱为甚。

    William Godwin (3 March 1756–7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism.Godwin wrote prolifically in the genres of novels, history and demography throughout his lifetime.Using the pseudonym Edward Baldwin, he wrote a variety of books for children, including a version of Jack and the Beanstalk. He also has had considerable influence on British literature and literary culture.

  • 目录
    • PREFACE
    • ESSAY I. OF BODY AND MIND.
    • ESSAY II. OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS.
    • ESSAY III. OF INTELLECTUAL ABORTION.
    • ESSAY IV. OF THE DURABILITY OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENTS AND PRODUCTIONS.
    • ESSAY V. OF THE REBELLIOUSNESS OF MAN.
    • ESSAY VI. OF HUMAN INNOCENCE.
    • ESSAY VII. OF THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE.
    • ESSAY VIII. OF HUMAN VEGETATION.
    • ESSAY IX. OF LEISURE.
    • ESSAY X. OF IMITATION AND INVENTION.
    • ESSAY XI. OF SELF-LOVE AND BENEVOLENCE.
    • ESSAY XII. OF THE LIBERTY OF HUMAN ACTIONS.
    • ESSAY XIII. OF BELIEF.
    • ESSAY XIV. OF YOUTH AND AGE.
    • ESSAY XV. OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
    • ESSAY XVI. OF FRANKNESS AND RESERVE.
    • ESSAY XVII. OF BALLOT.
    • ESSAY XVIII. OF DIFFIDENCE.
    • ESSAY XIX. OF SELF-COMPLACENCY.
    • ESSAY XX. OF PHRENOLOGY.
    • ESSAY XXI. OF ASTRONOMY.
    • ESSAY XXII. OF THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE.
    • ESSAY XXIII. OF HUMAN VIRTUE.
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