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What Is Property? · Character

J. Droz

French economist and historian cited in the text.

minor

Also known as Droz

First appearance: what is property

J. Droz shows up with force in First Proposition. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Quoted for the remark that capital left to itself is an idle tool.
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NANapoleonPIPinheiro-Ferre…MAMalthusDDDestutt de TracyMDM. de SismondiJDJ. Droz

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
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  • 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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