Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Quote on Private Life and the Mind

„Of my private life I have nothing to say: it does not concern others. I have always had little liking for autobiographies and have no interest in anyone's affairs. History proper and novels hold no attractions for me except insofar as, I can discern there, as within our immortal Revolution, the adventures of the mind.“

Pierre-Joseph ProudhonPierre-Joseph Proudhon reflects on privacy, literature, and the adventures of the mind in history and revolution.
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a French early socialist and proponent of mutualist anarchism.

A reflective quotation by Proudhon on privacy, literature, and the intellectual dimensions of history.


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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon quote about private life and the mind

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon is regarded as one of the first advocates of mutualist anarchism. He promoted mutualism and federalism. He is also known for the phrase "Property is theft" from his work "Qu’est ce que la propriété?".

Lafayette quote about serving the common good, protecting freedom, and returning to private lifeCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"Do not calculate what I have done, for I shall accept no recompense. Calculate the public advantage, the welfare and liberty of my country, and believe that I shall refuse no burden, no danger, provided that, at the hour of tranquillity, I may return to private life, for there now remains but one step for my ambition - that of arriving at zero." Lafayette
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Quote by Henry Ford about not valuing history and focusing on making history todayCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"I don’t know whether Napoleon did or did not try to get across there and I don’t care. I don’t know much about history, and I wouldn’t give a nickel for all the history in the world. It means nothing to me. History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today." Henry Ford
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"I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books. I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. My story is not a pleasant one; it is neither sweet nor harmonious, as invented stories are; it has the taste of nonsense and chaos, of madness and dreams -- like the lives of all men who stop deceiving themselves." Hermann Hesse
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