# Destutt de Tracy — What Is Property? character guide

> Destutt de Tracy in What Is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** de Tracy

**First appearance:** 0002-what-is-property

## Who they are

Philosopher and economist whose ideas on property are examined.

## Relationships

### [Carrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/characters/carrel)

_professional_

Carrel engaged with Destutt de Tracy's philosophical ideas, likely in a journalistic or scholarly capacity.

### [Carrel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/characters/carrel)

_professional_

Carrel engaged with Destutt de Tracy's philosophical ideas, likely in a journalistic or scholarly capacity.

## In the story

### [§ 2: Occupation, as the Title to Property](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/2-occupation-as-the-title-to-property)

Materialist philosopher whose views on property and 'thine and mine' are critiqued for equivocation.

### [§ 5: That Labor Leads to Equality of Property](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/5-that-labor-leads-to-equality-of-property)

Referenced indirectly as part of the group of economists who fail to follow the logical conclusions of labor-based property.

### [Demonstration](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/demonstration)

Cited alongside Smith and Ricardo as proponent of labor as sole agent of production.

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