Social Contract and Absolutism – Quote by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

„Does it seem to you impossible to imagine anything more inextricable than the social contract, when you think of the frightful number of relations that it must regulate -- something like squaring the circle, or finding perpetual motion? That is the reason why, wearied of the struggle, you fall back on absolutism and force.“

Pierre-Joseph ProudhonProudhon on the complexity of the social contract and the retreat into absolutism and force.
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a French early socialist and proponent of mutualist anarchism.

Proudhon questions the complexity of the social contract and criticizes the retreat into absolutism and force.


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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon quote about the social contract, absolutism, and force

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?".

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