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What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government.

Proudhon, Pierre Joseph

Creation of machine-readable version Charles Keller Conversion to TEI-conformant markup University of Virginia Library Electronic TextCenter ca. 990 kilobytes -- round up to the nearest 5KBThis version available from the University of Virginia LibraryCharlottesville, Va.http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/Commercial use prohibited; all usage governed by our Conditions of Use:http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/conditions.html1995 Note: The introduction to the Dover edition by George Woodcock has been eliminated because it is the property of Dover Publications (c)1970. Footnotes at present left untagged.

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What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government.

Pierre Joseph Proudhon

Translated from the French by Benj. R. Tucker Dover New York 1970 Note: The Dover edition, first published in 1970, is an unabridged and unalteredrepublication of the English translation originally published by Humboldt PublishingCompany c. 1890.

Published: 1890

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. Commercial use prohibited; all usage governed by our Conditions of Use:http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/conditions.htmlWHAT IS PROPERTY? AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT AND OFGOVERNMENTP. J. Proudhon

Translated from the French by Benj. R. Tucker with a new Introduction by

GEORGEWOODCOCK DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. NEW YORK Copyright (c) 1970 by Dover Publications, Inc.All rights reserved under Pan American and International Copyright Conventions.Published in Canada by General Publishing Company, Ltd., 30 Lesmill Road, Don Mills,Toronto, Ontario.Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company, Ltd., 10 Orange Street,London WC 2.This Dover edition, first published in 1970, is an unabridged and unaltered republicationof the English translation originally published by Humboldt Publishing Company c. 1890.The publisher gratefully acknowledges the cooperation of Case Western ReserveUniversity, Cleveland, Ohio.

International Standard Book Number: 0-486-22486-4 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-124179

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CONTENTS.

P. J. PROUDHON: HIS LIFE AND HIS WORKS xxi

PREFACE 1FIRST MEMOIR CHAPTER I.METHOD PURSUED IN THIS WORK. -- THE IDEA OF A REVOLUTION 11CHAPTER II.PROPERTY CONSIDERED AS A NATURAL RIGHT. -- OCCUPATION ANDCIVIL LAW AS EFFICIENT BASES OF PROPERTY. -- DEFINITIONS 42§ 1. Property as a Natural Right 44§ 2. Occupation as the Title to Property 54§ 3. Civil Law as the Foundation and Sanction of Property 70CHAPTER III.LABOR AS THE EFFICIENT CAUSE OF THE DOMAIN OF PROPERTY 84§ 1. The Land cannot be appropriated 88§ 2. Universal Consent no Justification of Property 93-

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-§ 3. Prescription gives no Title to Property 94§ 4. Labor. -- That Labor has no Inherent Power to appropriate Natural Wealth 103§ 5. That Labor leads to Equality of Property 110§ 6. That in Society all Wages are Equal 121§ 7. That Inequality of Powers is the Necessary Condition of Equality of Fortunes128§ 8. That, from the stand-point of Justice, Labor destroys Property 148CHAPTER IV.

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