Anarchism and Socialism

The French Materialists of the 18th century while waging relentless war against all the &quote;infames&quote; whose yoke weighed upon the French of this period, by no means scorned the search after what they called &quote;perfect legislation,&quote; i. e., the best of all possible legislations, such legislation as should secure to &quote;human beings&quote; the greatest sum of happiness, and could be alike applicable to all existing societies, for the simple reason that it was &quote;perfect&quote; and therefore the most &quote;natural.&quote;

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Plechaoff covers a lot of ground, tracing Anarchism from Max Stirner, via Proudhon to Kropotkin and Bakunin.