Peter Krobotkin
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The destruction must be wrought from below in every portion of the territory; otherwise it will not be done
September 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
The destruction must be wrought from below in every portion of the territory; otherwise it will not be done
The frequent migrations of the barbarians and the ensuing wars only hastened the division of the gentes into separate families, while the dispersing of stems and their mingling with strangers offered singular facilities for the ultimate disintegration of those unions which were based upon kinship
September 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The frequent migrations of the barbarians and the ensuing wars only hastened the division of the gentes into separate families, while the dispersing of stems and their mingling with strangers offered singular facilities for the ultimate disintegration of those unions which were based upon kinship
If there were free lands which the peasant could cultivate if he pleased, would he pay £50 to some "shabble of a Duke"[1] for condescending to sell him a scrap
September 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
If there were free lands which the peasant could cultivate if he pleased, would he pay £50 to some "shabble of a Duke"[1] for condescending to sell him a scrap
If we take, for instance, the children of a poor neighbourhood who play in a street or churchyard, or on a green, we notice at once that a close union exists among them, notwithstanding the temporary fights, and that that union protects them from all sorts of misfortunes
September 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
If we take, for instance, the children of a poor neighbourhood who play in a street or churchyard, or on a green, we notice at once that a close union exists among them, notwithstanding the temporary fights, and that that union protects them from all sorts of misfortunes
True, that science has made some progress since Hobbes’s time, and that we have safer ground to stand upon than the speculations of Hobbes or Rousseau
September 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
True, that science has made some progress since Hobbes’s time, and that we have safer ground to stand upon than the speculations of Hobbes or Rousseau
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“Very much the same must be said of Germany
“Very much the same must be said of Germany
September 16, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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“Very much the same must be said of Germany
“Very much the same must be said of Germany
Ulrik of Augsburg, St
September 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Ulrik of Augsburg, St
A whole host of usurers swoop down upon the villages, multiplying as the wretchedness of the peasants increases
September 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
A whole host of usurers swoop down upon the villages, multiplying as the wretchedness of the peasants increases
[195] And so on with countless variations on the same theme
September 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
[195] And so on with countless variations on the same theme
“But what about those men who were drowned in the Serpentine in the presence of a crowd, out of which no one moved for their rescue
September 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
“But what about those men who were drowned in the Serpentine in the presence of a crowd, out of which no one moved for their rescue
And it is easy to understand why
September 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
And it is easy to understand why
MacCook saw a whole nation of from 1,600 to 1,700 nests of the mound-making ant, all living in perfect intelligence; and Mr
September 15, 2026 at 9:00 AM
MacCook saw a whole nation of from 1,600 to 1,700 nests of the mound-making ant, all living in perfect intelligence; and Mr
With the co-operation of those intelligent beings, modern machines – themselves the fruit of three or four generations of inventors, mostly unknown – a hundred men manufacture now the stuff to provide ten thousand persons with clothing for two years
September 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
With the co-operation of those intelligent beings, modern machines – themselves the fruit of three or four generations of inventors, mostly unknown – a hundred men manufacture now the stuff to provide ten thousand persons with clothing for two years
They do not know — or if they know they continually forget — that every law of nature has a <em>conditional</em> character
September 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
They do not know — or if they know they continually forget — that every law of nature has a <em>conditional</em> character
Nothing mysterious in all this, once you look upon a human being as a compound of nervous and cerebral centers acting independently
September 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Nothing mysterious in all this, once you look upon a human being as a compound of nervous and cerebral centers acting independently
During a protracted scarcity of food, the Aleoute cares first for his children; he gives them all he has, and himself fasts
September 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
During a protracted scarcity of food, the Aleoute cares first for his children; he gives them all he has, and himself fasts
The very wide spread of threshing machines in Samara, Saratov, and Kherson is due to the peasant associations, which can afford to buy a costly engine, while the individual peasant cannot
September 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The very wide spread of threshing machines in Samara, Saratov, and Kherson is due to the peasant associations, which can afford to buy a costly engine, while the individual peasant cannot
Then our shoemaker takes an apprentice, the child of some poor wretch, who will think himself lucky if in five years time his son has learned the trade and is able to learn his living
September 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Then our shoemaker takes an apprentice, the child of some poor wretch, who will think himself lucky if in five years time his son has learned the trade and is able to learn his living
A larger proportion of squirrels of the new, better adapted variety would survive every year, and the intermediate links would die in the course of time, without having been starved out by Malthusian competitors
September 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
A larger proportion of squirrels of the new, better adapted variety would survive every year, and the intermediate links would die in the course of time, without having been starved out by Malthusian competitors
The system under which we live checks in its turn the growth of the social sentiment
September 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
The system under which we live checks in its turn the growth of the social sentiment
The feeling of solidarity is the leading characteristic of all animals living in society
September 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The feeling of solidarity is the leading characteristic of all animals living in society
In others we find a moral system framed in the interests of a single class
September 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
In others we find a moral system framed in the interests of a single class
Thus whatever a man's actions and line of conduct may be, he does what he does in obedience to a craving of his nature
September 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Thus whatever a man's actions and line of conduct may be, he does what he does in obedience to a craving of his nature
If a brother falls dangerously ill, two brethren must keep watch by his bed till he is out of danger, and if he dies, the brethren must bury him — a great affair in those times of pestilences — and follow him to the church and the grave
September 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
If a brother falls dangerously ill, two brethren must keep watch by his bed till he is out of danger, and if he dies, the brethren must bury him — a great affair in those times of pestilences — and follow him to the church and the grave
At the present day our feelings are continually thus divided
September 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM
At the present day our feelings are continually thus divided