# Say — What Is Property? character guide

> Say in What Is Property? by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Trismegistus Say

**First appearance:** 0002-what-is-property

## Who they are

Economist referenced in discussions of value and production.

## In the story

### [§ 1: The Land Cannot Be Appropriated](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/1-the-land-cannot-be-appropriated)

Quoted for his argument that land is appropriable because it is fixed and limited; Proudhon refutes this.

### [§ 2: Universal Consent No Justification of Property](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/2-universal-consent-no-justification-of-property)

Quoted earlier; his ambiguous language on property and consent is the starting point of Proudhon's critique.

### [§ 5: That Labor Leads to Equality of Property](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/5-that-labor-leads-to-equality-of-property)

Mentioned among economists who contradict themselves by basing property on labor yet also on occupation and prescription.

### [§ 7: That Inequality of Powers Is the Necessary Condition of Equality of Fortunes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/7-that-inequality-of-powers-is-the-necessary-condition-of-equality-of-fortunes)

Economist whose division of a physician's fortune is critiqued.

### [Demonstration](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/demonstration)

Economist cited for his definition of production and defense of property as an implement.

### [First Proposition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/first-proposition)

Quoted for his view that land is a productive tool; Proudhon refutes this.

### [Second Proposition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/second-proposition)

Quoted on production as exchange; his definition is used to critique property.

### [Fourth Proposition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/fourth-proposition)

Quoted regarding taxation and its parallel to property's extraction; criticized for proprietary prejudices.

### [Ninth Proposition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_property_se/chapters/ninth-proposition)

Quoted regarding the concept of net product and the consumer paying for losses in the chain of production.

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