Society as Concept – Oscar Wilde

„Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.“

Oscar WildeOscar Wilde describes society as a purely mental concept, while only individuals exist in reality.
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Oscar Wilde was a 19th-century Irish writer, poet, and playwright known for his sharp wit and social criticism.

A quote questioning the idea of society as an abstract construct in favor of the importance of the individual.


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Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer and playwright, famous for his novels, plays, and aphorisms. He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of the English language and a keen critic of Victorian society. Wilde also spent time in prison due to his homosexuality, becoming an important figure in LGBTQ+ cultural history.

Quote by Rose Wilder Lane about the nature of State, Government, and freedomCopyright © yoice.net – Quote Artwork
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"The picture of the economic revolution as the final step to freedom was false as soon as I asked myself that question. For, in actual fact, The State, The Government, cannot exist. They are abstract concepts, useful enough in their place, as the theory of minus numbers is useful in mathematics. In actual living experience, however, it is impossible to subtract anything from nothing; when a purse is empty, it is empty, it cannot contain a minus ten dollars. On this same plane of actuality, no State, no Government, exists. What does in fact exist is a man, or a few men, in power over many men." Rose Wilder Lane
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