Abstract
This article examines the aftermath of the French Revolution both in France and in Britain and its influence on radical thinkers such as Godwin, Wollstonecraft, and Volney. It points out the contradictions and philosophical difficulties they address concerning their vision of history and property. Caught between their optimism concerning the advent of a new era and their pessimism, as opposed to Burke, concerning the value of history as a legal precedent, Godwin, Wollstonecraft, and Volney epitomize the political uneasiness of the whole revolutionary generation.
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