[What is Property? by P. J. Proudhon]@TWC D-Link bookWhat is Property? PART SECOND 161/323
History, viewed from this standpoint, is a grand and sublime psychological study. Well, sir, in writing against property, have I done more than quote the language of history? I have said to modern society,--the daughter and heiress of all preceding societies,--_Age guod agis:_ complete the task which for six thousand years you have been executing under the inspiration and by the command of God; hasten to finish your journey; turn neither to the right nor the left, but follow the road which lies before you.
You seek reason, law, unity, and discipline; but hereafter you can find them only by stripping off the veils of your infancy, and ceasing to follow instinct as a guide.
Awaken your sleeping conscience; open your eyes to the pure light of reflection and science; behold the phantom which troubled your dreams, and so long kept you in a state of unutterable anguish.
Know thyself, O long-deluded society[1] know thy enemy!...
And I have denounced property. We often hear the defenders of the right of domain quote in defence of their views the testimony of nations and ages.
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