Charles Fourier Quotes
Francois Marie Charles Fourier was a French utopian socialist and an extraordinarily original critic of early industrial civilization. Working as a clerk and salesman, he composed a vast body of writing in which the existing social order, which he called Civilization, is denounced as the systematic repression of the human passions, and is replaced by the Phalanx, a community of about sixteen hundred people organized so that the natural variety of human characters can find harmonious expression. The quotes below are attributed to Charles Fourier, organized by topic.
Charles Fourier on Freedom
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Attributed to Charles Fourier:
“The free expression of the passions is the foundation of harmony.”
Charles Fourier on Nature
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Attributed to Charles Fourier:
“Nothing is more easily destroyed than the work of nature.”
Charles Fourier on Politics
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Attributed to Charles Fourier:
“Civilization is incoherent because the passions are repressed.”
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Attributed to Charles Fourier:
“The extension of women's privileges is the general principle of all social progress.”
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Attributed to Charles Fourier:
“The Phalanx is the proper unit of human community.”