This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...to study the social question. It is no easy matter to read these writings; lofty ideas and noble feelings are commingled in that confusion of subjective originality which we so often encounter in the domain of political and socialistic literature. Nor is it probable that these writings alone would have given him any ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...to study the social question. It is no easy matter to read these writings; lofty ideas and noble feelings are commingled in that confusion of subjective originality which we so often encounter in the domain of political and socialistic literature. Nor is it probable that these writings alone would have given him any such reputation and influence as he acquired through his pupils as the result of his personal influence over them. The socialistic tendency in Saint-Simon, as it seems to me, first became prominent in 1817. It is revealed in the prospectus (April, 1817), of a projected periodical, entitled: f Industrie, ou Discussions politiques, morales et philosophiques, dans rznterSt de tous Ics hommes livris a des travaux utiles et indtpendants, with the motto: "Tout par VIndustrie, tout pour elle." This prospectus says: "The eighteenth century could only destroy; we intend to lay the foundations of a new structure, or, in other words, propound and discuss the question of the common welfare, which has hitherto hardly been touched upon, and in that way recall politics, ethics and philosophy from their abstract and unprofitable speculations to their proper theme of study, the social welfare. All society is based on labor; labor is the only guarantee of its existence, the only source of its wealth." The work announced in this prospectus appeared immediately (May, 1817). The "Politique" of Saint-Simon's adopted son, Augustin Thierry, the historian of later date, formed the second part of the first volume. Other publications soon followed ("Le Politique" 1819; "Z, ' Organisateur," 1819-20; "Z- Systtme industriel" 1821; "Nouveau Christianisme" 1825). Ocuvres, vol. i, p. 143. The Tetter begins...
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