William Caxton
A merchant, translator, and the first English printer.
Core Belief
"Caxton believes in the importance of spreading knowledge and promoting virtuous behavior through the written word. He also values obedience to authority and the importance of fulfilling one's duties."
Worldview
Caxton sees the world as a place of both wonder and peril, where ignorance and idleness can lead to vice and corruption. He believes that books can serve as a means of combating these forces and promoting peace, love, and charity.
Personality
Caxton is portrayed as a diligent, enthusiastic, and somewhat self-deprecating individual. He is deeply respectful of authority, particularly of the Duchess of Burgundy, but also displays a genuine desire to make knowledge accessible to a wider audience.
In Their Own Words
"When I remember that every man is bounden by the commandment and counsel of the wise man to eschew sloth and idleness, which is mother and nourisher of vices, and ought to put myself unto virtuous occupation and business..."
"And thus when all these things came before me, after that I had made and written five or six quires I fell in despair of this work, and purposed no more to have continued therein..."
"And for as much as in the writing of the same my pen is worn, my hand weary and not steadfast, mine eyne dimmed with overmuch looking on the white paper, and my courage not so prone and ready to labour as it hath been..."
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