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Grotius

Dutch jurist and philosopher of natural law cited.

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First appearance: what is property

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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  • Broad intellectual and political spectrum
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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

This passage marks the dramatic climax because it reveals the terrifying logical endpoint of property's tyrann…

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