What Is Property? · Character
Say
Economist referenced in discussions of value and production.
minor
Also known as Trismegistus Say
First appearance: what is property
Say shows up with force in § 1: The Land Cannot Be Appropriated. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted for his argument that land is appropriable because it is fixed and limited; Proudhon refutes this.
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In § 1: The Land Cannot Be Appropriated: Quoted for his argument that land is appropriable because it is fixed and limited; Proudhon refutes this. Later, in § 2: Universal Consent No Justification of Property: Quoted…
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- Broad intellectual and political spectrum
- 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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- § 1: The Land Cannot Be Appropriated
- § 2: Universal Consent No Justification of Property
- § 5: That Labor Leads to Equality of Property
- § 7: That Inequality of Powers Is the Necessary Condition of Equality of Fortunes
- Demonstration
- First Proposition
- Second Proposition
- Fourth Proposition
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