Han Ryner Archives - The Libertarian Labyrinth

Louis Prat, “Harmonisme / Harmonism” (1927)

January 29, 2023 Shawn P. Wilbur

Each person is who they are. Their truths are personal to them, living like themselves, and therefore changing. But if souls are reasonable, their thoughts, their passions and their acts can, assembled and combined, present visions that are doubtless diverse, but always beautiful, of universal beauty. […]

Anarchist Encyclopedia: Art (Han Ryner)

January 18, 2022 Shawn P. Wilbur

Han Ryner, “What is the Individual?” (1919)

October 20, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

Ce qu’est l’individu L’individu est un être complexe, indéfinissable. Or, seul l’individu possède quelque chose qui puisse être appelé sans trop de mensonge l’existence. Donc, comme le savaient déjà les philosophes cyniques, rien de réel, […]

Han Ryner (1861-1938)

July 6, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

Working Translations: Han Ryner, “The Revolt of the Machines“ (1896) Han Ryner, “A Transition” (“The Secret of Don Juan”) (1897) (FR/EN) Han Ryner, “Duel upon Duel” (“The Penny-Pincher”) (1899) (FR/EN) Han Ryner, “The Paradox” (1915) […]

Revue Anarchiste, “Is the Anarchist Ideal Achievable?” (1930)

June 6, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

OUR SURVEYS [one_half padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] L’idéal anarchiste est-il réalisable ? Dans son premier numéro, la « Revue Anarchiste » avait annoncé l’ouverture d’une enquête sur le sujet suivant : L’idéal anarchiste est-il réalisable ? L’homme peut-il vivre sans […]

André Colomer, “Reflections on Nietzsche and Anarchy” (1922)

April 26, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

[one_half padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] Réflexions sur Nietzsche et l’Anarchie Tant de jeunes gens ont lu Nietzsche de 1890 à 1914 — ceux-là qui ont été mourir pour la patrie et ceux-ci encore qui ont […]

Anarchist Encyclopedia: Subjective, Subjectivism, Subjectivity (H. Ryner)

January 30, 2018 Shawn P. Wilbur

Entries from the Anarchist Encyclopedia [one_half padding=”0 10px 0 0px”] SUBJECTIF, SUBJECTIVISME, SUBJECTIVITÉ. Ces mots s’opposent directement à objectif, objectivisme, objectivité. Le sens des mots sujet et objet et de leurs composés a tellement varié […]

Han Ryner, “A Transition” (“The Secret of Don Juan”) (1897)

July 5, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

All of the accounts of the interview of Don Juan and the Commander are inaccurate, and the puerile words reported by various authors were not uttered. The genuine dialogue expressed deep, singular things, and it is perhaps my duty to make them known. […]

Han Ryner, “Love Victorious” (1917)

September 30, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Love Victorious For ten years, Pierre Vaumeil passed for mad. Previously, he had been a savant, but the death of a beloved women had, everyone in the little town maintained, destroyed his mind. Often we […]

Five-sixths of a Smart Set set

September 11, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Over at From the Libertarian Library, I’ve added translations of two more of the short stories by Han Ryner published in French in The Smart Set: “The Cheapskate” (1913) “The Paradox” (1913) “The Secret of […]