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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. CHAPITRE PREMIER. La femme. Monseigneur, Vous allez être bien surpris : après vous avoir si longtemps combattu, j’éprouve le besoin de recourir à votre assistance et de me placer sous votre autorité. Il s’agit d’une question bien autrement scabreuse que toutes celles que nous avons épuisées, et qui peut nous attirer à l’un et à l’autre beaucoup de désagrément : je veux parler de la qualité, valeur […]
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Proudhon, Justice: Eleventh Study

[two_third padding=”0 10px 0 10px”] JUSTICE IN THE REVOLUTION AND IN THE CHURCH ELEVENTH STUDY LOVE AND MARRIAGE [continued] […] CATECHISM OF MARRIAGE Question. — What is the conjugal couple? Answer. — Every power of nature, every faculty of life, every affection of the soul, every category of the intelligence, needs an organ, in order to manifest itself and act. The sentiment of Justice can be no exception to that law. But Justice, which rules all the other faculties and surpasses liberty itself, not being able to have its organ in the individual, would remain for man a notion without […]
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Catechism of Marriage

CATECHISM OF MARRIAGE [from Justice in the Revolution and in the Church, New Edition, Vol. IV] Question. — What is the conjugal couple? Answer. — Every power of nature, every faculty of life, every affection of the soul, every category of the intelligence, needs an organ, in order to manifest itself and act. The sentiment of Justice can be no exception to that law. But Justice, which rules all the other faculties and surpasses liberty itself, not being able to have its organ in the individual, would remain for man a notion without efficacy, and society would be impossible, if […]