What Is Property? · Character
M. Blanqui
The audacious economist to whom Proudhon addresses his second memoir, a sparring partner in the great debate over labor, capital, and ownership.
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Also known as Blanqui, M. Blanqui Paris, the audacious M. Blanqui
First appearance: what is property
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Mentioned as viewing Proudhon as a philosopher and savant during his acquittal.
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Blanqui is the addressee of Proudhon's second memoir, which makes him a direct interlocutor rather than a distant authority. As an economist, he embodies the discipline that Proudhon both uses and attacks, and the…
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- Broad intellectual and political spectrum
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- Moral and legal authorities
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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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- Pierre Joseph Proudhon
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