What Is Property? · Character
Sainte-Beuve
Literary critic and friend of Proudhon mentioned in passing.
minor
Also known as Sainte Beuve
First appearance: what is property
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With Pierre Joseph Proudhon (friendship): Proudhon and Sainte-Beuve were intellectual friends and correspondents, with Sainte-Beuve later writing a biography of Proudhon. With Pierre Joseph Proudhon (friendship):…
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- Broad intellectual and political spectrum
- Protagonist
- Moral and legal authorities
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- Breaking point
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- Closing
This passage marks the dramatic climax because it reveals the terrifying logical endpoint of property's tyrann…
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- Pierre Joseph Proudhon
friendship · positive
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friendship · positive
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