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Sylvain Maréchal
Sylvain Maréchal (15 August 1750 – 18 January 1803) was a French essayist, poet, philosopher and political theorist, whose views presaged utopian socialism and communism. His views on a future golden age are occasionally described as "utopian anarchism". He was editor of the newspaper "Révolutions de Paris".
Early life.
Born in Paris as the son of a wine merchant, he studied jurisprudence and became a lawyer in the capital. At the age of 20, he published "Bergeries"
Friends of Truth
- History of Socialism
External links.
- Sylvain Maréchal's essays translated in English at Marxist Internet Archive
- Sylvain Maréchal on data.bnf.fr
- Archive of Pierre Sylvain Maréchal Papers at the International Institute of Social History