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Freely confessed in the "Celebration of Sunday," the influence of the Bible on Proudhon is no less manifest in his first memoir on property. Proudhon undoubtedly brought to this work many ideas of his own; but is not the very foundation of ancient Jewish law to be found in its condemnation of usurious interest and its denial of the right of personal appropriation of land? The first memoir on property appeared in 1840, under the title, "What is Property? FREELY CONFESSED IN THE CELEBRATION OF SUNDAY THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE ON PRUDENT IS NO LESS MANIFEST IN HIS FIRST MEMOIR ON PROPERTY PLUT UNDOUBTEDLY BROUGHT TO THIS WORK MANY IDEAS OF HIS OWN BUT IS IT NOT THE VERY FOUNDATION OF ANCIENT JEWISH LAW TO BE FOUND IN ITS CONDEMNATION OF USURIOUS INTEREST AND ITS DENIAL OF THE RIGHT OF PERSONAL APPROPRIATION OF LAND THE FIRST MEMOIR ON PROPERTY APPEARED IN EIGHTEEN FORTY UNDER THE TITLE WHAT IS PROPERTY
d attention to the unquestionable superiority of his talent. "But," says Sainte Beuve, "he reproached him with having adopted dangerous theories, and with having touched upon questions of practical politics and social organization, where upright intentions and zeal for the public welfare cannot justify rash solutions." Was it policy, we mean prudence, which induced Proudhon to screen his ideas of equality behind the Mosaic law? Sainte Beuve, like many others, seems to think so. But we remember perfectly well that, having asked Proudhon, in August, 1848, if he did not consider himself indebted in some respects to his fellow-countryman, Charles Fourier, we received from him the following reply: "I have certainly read Fourier, and have spoken of him more than once in my works; but, upon the whole, I do not think that I owe anything to him. My real masters, those who have caused fertile ideas to spring up in my mind, are three in number: first, the Bible; next, Adam Smith; and last, Hegel. ADE BISHOP OF MONTAUBON CALLED ATTENTION TO THE UNQUESTIONABLE SUPERIORITY OF HIS TALENT BUT SAYS SAINT BIRTH HE REPROACHED HIM WITH HAVING ADOPTED DANGEROUS THEORIES AND WITH HAVING TOUCHED UPON QUESTIONS OF PRACTICAL POLITICS AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION WHERE UPRIGHT INTENTIONS AND ZEAL FOR THE PUBLIC WELFARE CANNOT JUSTIFY RASH SOLUTIONS WAS IT POLICY WE MEAN PRUDENCE WHICH INDUCED PRUDENT TO SCREEN HIS IDEAS OF EQUALITY BEHIND THE MOSAIC LAW SAINT BERT LIKE MANY OTHERS SEEMS TO THINK SO BUT WE REMEMBER PERFECTLY WELL THAT HAVING ASKED PRUDENT IN AUGUST EIGHTEEN FORTY EIGHT IF HE DID NOT CONSIDER HIMSELF INDEBTED IN SOME RESPECTS TO HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMAN CHARLEFURRIER WE RECEIVED FROM HIM THE FOLLOWING REPLY I HAVE CERTAINLY READ FOURIER AND HAVE SPOKEN OF HIM MORE THAN ONCE IN MY WORKS BUT UPON THE WHOLE I DO NOT THINK THAT I OWE ANYTHING TO HIM MY REAL MASTERS THOSE WHO HAVE CAUSED FERTILE IDEAS TO SPRING UP IN MY MIND ARE THREE IN NUMBER FIRST THE BIBLE NEXT ADAM SMITH AND LAST HEGEL
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