Félix Pignal

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Félix P….., “Philosophy of Insubmission” (1854)

May 14, 2025 Shawn P. Wilbur
At any given point in my research, there are always a few texts that top the list of things I would love to read, but am unlikely to get my hands on. Some are of more general interest than others. I remember, for example, that during my early work on mutualism, I was equally keen to track down William Batchelder Greene’s “Omega” articles articles in the Worcester Palladium — arguably one of the key early contributions to the tradition — and a little book called Money and Banking, or Their Nature and Effects Considered, Together with a Plan for the […]
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Max Nettlau, “Anarchism: Communist or Individualist? Both” (1914)

August 29, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur
BIBLIOGRAPHY: M. N., “Anarchism: Communist or Individualist? Both,”  Freedom 28 no. 299 (March 1914): 20-21. W. J. R., “Anarchism: Communist or Individualist?,” Freedom 28 no. 300 (April 1914): 31. [reply] Egalite, “Anarchism: Communist or Individualist?,” Freedom 28 no. 300 (April 1914): 31. [reply] C. W., “Anarchism: Communist or Individualist?,” Freedom 28 no. 300 (April 1914): 31. [reply] G., “Anarchism: Communist or Individualist?,” Freedom 28 no. 300 (April 1914): 31. [reply] M. N., “Anarchism: Communist or Individualist?,” Freedom 28 no. 301 (May 1914): 39. [clarification] P. Ramus, “Anarchism: Communist or Individualist?,” Freedom 28 no. 301 (May 1914): 39. [reply] John Nicholson, […]
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Félix Pignal, “The Philosophy of Defiance” (1854)

August 29, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur
THE PHILOSOPHY OF DEFIANCE, or, A Pardon for Cain 1854 FELIX P….. Edited by Max Nettlau … Give me any epithets you wish; I accept them all in advance. I have only one thought, and envision only one glory: it is to strike everywhere and always, as much as I can, at the principle of domination. Satan, in his revolt, is my father, and, in his courage, Cain is my brother! … We do not take a single step in society without hearing that human beings must believe in a God, in a sovereign being, master of all things, according […]