What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon — What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government (1995)Pierre-Joseph Proudhon · 1995 · Web page · First Memoir, ch. 1; ch. 4 (axiom); ch. 5, part 2EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0784 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Mutualism · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“In What Is Property? (1840) Proudhon declared that property is theft ('robbery' in Tucker's translation), defined property as a 'right of increase' — the power to produce without labour — and defended individual possession as 'the condition of social life'.”
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