(01.15.1809 - 19.01.1865)

Property is theft

Undoubtedly the most famous of his thought is the answer to "What is property?" - "Property is theft!" I will not justify this claim - everyone can reflect on it. Proudhon himself does not claim to build a complete philosophy or social system, "Justice and law ... it is sufficient to know to become mandatory, but to recognize them, need only the ability to meditate and study," "I do not build system. I call for the end of privileges for the abolition of slavery, equal rights and justice reign. Justice, nothing else, this is the alpha and omega of my argument: to let others work on managing the world. "On the other hand, he realizes the power of ideas, which says:" I have done the task that was set before him : ownership was defeated, she will never get better than my shots. Everywhere and penetrate this book will also penetrate the seed of death of the property; "

Those with ready answers on the economy have not dolyubvali much as not dolyubvali and his followers when the question "But what will we do without a state?" Met "Whatever you decide for yourself." Karl Marx, the man with the final answer has devoted an entire book in 8 parts of the rebuttal of his "Philosophy of Poverty" - enough evidence for the significance of the socialist Proudhon thought. Bakunin, another opponent of Marx and ideologist of anarchy, it declared bezvlastnitsite teacher of his time.

Critics have good reasons - he denies the government, but became a member during the French Revolution of 1848 Opposes coercion, but offers every citizen to military service in the local militia. It is argued that in an article published in 1847 declared the Jews enemy of mankind - but that great minds can write nonsense confirmed his ideas against the authority. The measure of greatness of the ideas are the people who stand behind them and behind the ideas of Proudhon and today stand many who want to make life freer and fairer.