I’ve posted a working translation of Proudhon’s “Catechism of Marriage,” from the fourth volume of Justice in the Revolution and in the Church. It’s strange stuff, and unappealing in a variety of ways, but I think it is relatively clear what Proudhon is up to—and where he goes wrong.
French texts
Onzième étude — Amour et mariage (suite) —
ONZIÈME ÉTUDE AMOUR ET MARIAGE — SUITE. CHAPITRE PREMIER. La Femme. ESSAIS D’UNE PHILOSOPHIE POPULAIRE. — N° 11. DE LA JUSTICE DANS LA RÉVOLUTION ET DANS L’ÉGLISE. ——— ONZIÈME ÉTUDE. AMOUR ET MARIAGE. — SUITE. […]
Proudhon Library
Second Study—Personnes—Parallel French
— Formatting in progress — 1858 1860 ESSAIS D’UNE PHILOSOPHIE POPULAIRE. — NO. 2 DEUXIÈME ÉTUDE LES PERSONNES CHAPITRE PREMIER. Principe de la dignité personnelle. Monseigneur, Puisque c’est à l’occasion d’un fait personnel que j’ai […]
Proudhon Library
Principles of the Philosophy of Progress (IV and V)
IV.—OF COMPLEX COLLECTIVE ACTION. Everyone has read, in A. Smith, J.-B. Say, and others, the marvelous results of that force; but what few people have noticed, no doubt, is the technical inexactitude with which these […]