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Happy 200th, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon!

January 16, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

I’ve been celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon by tidying up my files of material relating to him, archiving some of my scattered translations at Collective Reason, and taking some time […]

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JUSTICE: Principle of guarantee and rule of action

January 15, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Justice in the Revolution and in the Church, Volume I, “Program,” section VII. § VII. Before passing on, will you allow me to make the observation that there is not an artisan who […]

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JUSTICE: Philosophy must be essentially practical

January 15, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Justice in the Revolution and in the Church, Volume I, “Program,” section VI. § VI. — That philosophy must be essentially practical. We would be gravely mistaken if we imagined that philosophy, because […]

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JUSTICE: Metaphysics is within the province of primary instruction

January 7, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Justice in the Revolution and in the Church, Volume I, “Program,” section V. § V. — That metaphysics is within the province of primary instruction. The definition of philosophy implies by its terms: […]

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JUSTICE: The origin of ideas

January 4, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Justice in the Revolution and in the Church, Volume I, “Program,” section IV. IV.– The origin of ideas. Here is the great temptation, I should say the great conspiracy of the philosophers; here […]

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JUSTICE: On the quality of the philosophical mind

January 2, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Justice in the Revolution and in the Church, Volume I, “Program,” section III. § III. — On the quality of the philosophical mind. But here is a rather different affair! It is a […]

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Justice: The definition of philosophy

January 1, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Justice in the Revolution and in the Church, Volume I, “Program,” section II. § II. — The definition of philosophy. Philosophy is composed of a certain number of questions that have been regarded […]

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Kicking off a year of Justice

January 1, 2009 Shawn P. Wilbur

2008 was a transitional year for my various projects, and some, like the English-language archiving, suffered a bit from my relocation and the various transitions that surrounded it. I hope that an equivalent service to […]

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War: What’s it good for?

December 30, 2008 Shawn P. Wilbur

It turns out that Proudhon’s answer to the musical question is rather interesting, and challenging. His two-volume War and Peace represents an further exploration of some of the ideas he had developed in Justice in […]

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Proudhon’s “Kronos”

December 21, 2008 Shawn P. Wilbur

In the biographical introduction to Tucker’s edition of What is Property? is a brief mention that around 1851 Proudhon’s “entertained the idea of writing a universal history entitled “Chronos.” This project was never fulfilled.” There […]

The Libertarian Labyrinth

Encounters with the Anarchist Idea / Tools for an Anarchist Entente

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Happy 200th, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon!

JUSTICE: Principle of guarantee and rule of action

JUSTICE: Philosophy must be essentially practical

JUSTICE: Metaphysics is within the province of primary instruction

JUSTICE: The origin of ideas

JUSTICE: On the quality of the philosophical mind

Justice: The definition of philosophy

Kicking off a year of Justice

War: What’s it good for?

Proudhon’s “Kronos”