What Is Property? · Character
Grotius
Dutch jurist and philosopher of natural law cited.
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Grotius shows up with force in § 2: Occupation, as the Title to Property. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Cited for his historical account of property emerging from original communism; Proudhon rejects his reasoning.
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In § 2: Occupation, as the Title to Property: Cited for his historical account of property emerging from original communism; Proudhon rejects his reasoning. Later, in § 1: The Land Cannot Be Appropriated: Mentioned in…
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This passage marks the dramatic climax because it reveals the terrifying logical endpoint of property's tyrann…
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- § 2: Occupation, as the Title to Property
- § 1: The Land Cannot Be Appropriated
- § 2: Universal Consent No Justification of Property
- § 3: Prescription Gives No Title to Property
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