Charles Fourier Quotes on Knowledge
Francois Marie Charles Fourier was a French utopian socialist and an extraordinarily original critic of early industrial civilization. This page collects quotes attributed to Charles Fourier on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Wisdom, virtue, morality, all these have fallen out of fashion: everybody worships at the shrine of commerce.”
The Theory of the Four Movements (1808), G. Jones, ed. (1966), p. 269 -
“The Theory of the Four Movements (1808), G. Jones, ed. (1966), p. 269”
Wisdom, virtue, morality, all these have fallen out of fashion: everybody worships at the shrine of commerce. -
“The Theory of Social Organization”
Nowhere is there more constancy and more unanimity than among the French to subordinate that sex which they pretend to honor so highly. -
“Ignorant as regards the unity of man with himself, the world is still more ignorant in respect to the two other unities - unity of man with God and the universe.”
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“Le nouveau monde amoureux”
All repressed passion produces its counter-passion which is as malevolent as the natural passion would be beneficial. -
“Oeuvres completetes de Charles Fourier”
The familial union presents as well a mixture of inconvenient ages and characters that inhibit conversation. Morality engenders a frigid atmosphere, as in all places where it reigns.