What Is Property? · Character
Louis XIV
French king cited as an example of absolute power.
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First appearance: what is property
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Cited as an example of a sovereign who believed his authority was just, saying 'The State!
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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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