“To Name a Thing Is Easy” – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

„To name a thing is easy: the difficulty is to discern it before its appearance.“

Pierre-Joseph ProudhonA thoughtful quote by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon on the difference between naming something and recognizing it in advance.
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a French early socialist and proponent of mutualist anarchism.

Proudhon distinguishes between naming something and recognizing it before it becomes apparent.


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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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"For the most part we do not first see, and then define, we define first and then see. In the great blooming, buzzing confusion of the outer world we pick out what our culture has already defined for us, and we tend to perceive that which we have picked out in the form stereotyped for us by our culture." Walter Lippmann
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