We Take Men For What They Are

Anarchism (from The Gr. , And , Contrary To Authority), The Name Given To A Principle Or Theory Of Life And Conduct Under Which Society Is Conceived Without Government Harmony In Such A Society Being Obtained, Not By Submission To Law, Or By Obedience To Any Authority, But By Free Agreements Concluded Between The Various Groups, Territorial And Professional, Freely Constituted For The Sake Of Production And Consumption, As Also For The Satisfaction Of The Infinite Variety Of Needs And Aspirations Of A Civilized Being.

The Whole Aspect Of The Universe Changes With This New Conception. The Idea Of Force Governing The World, Of Pre-established Law, Preconceived Harmony, Disappears To Make Room For The Harmony That Fourier Had Caught A Glimpse Of: The One Which Results From The Disorderly And Incoherent Movements Of Numberless Hosts Of Matter, Each Of Which Goes Its Own Way And All Of Which Hold Each Other In Equilibrium.

Each Individual Is A Cosmos Of Organs, Each Organ Is A Cosmos Of Cells, Each Cell Is A Cosmos Of Infinitely Small Ones; And In This Complex World, The Well-being Of The Whole Depends Entirely On The Sum Of Well-being Enjoyed By Each Of The Least Microscopic Particles Of Organized Matter. A Whole Revolution Is Thus Produced In The Philosophy Of Life.

War Is The Usual Condition Of Europe. A Thirty Years' Supply Of Causes Of War Is Always On Hand.

Have Not Prisons - Which Kill All Will And Force Of Character In Man, Which Enclose Within Their Walls More Vices Than Are Met With On Any Other Spot Of The Globe - Always Been Universities Of Crime?