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1760–1825 France
Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825), also referred to as Henri de Saint-Simon, was an early French utopian socialist, whose thought influenced the foundations of various 19th century philosophies, including the philosophy of science and the discipline of sociology.
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The progress of the human mind, the revolutions which occur in the development of knowledge, give each century its special character.
The Reorganization of the European Community (1814)
In the old system Society is governed essentially by men; in the new it is governed only by principles
Equality is the natural foundation of industrial society
So far had the pen, under the king, the superiority over the sword.
No man has a right to free himself from the law of labour
Since governmental activity may be deemed a service which is useful to society, society should consent to pay for this service.
Today, for the first time since the existence of societies it is a question of organizing a totally new system; of replacing the celestial with the terrestrial, the vague by the positive, and the poetic by the real.
The philosopher … is not just an observer, he is an actor; he is an actor of the highest kind in a moral world because it is his opinion of what the world must become that regulates society.
The whole of society rests upon industry. Industry is the sole guarantee of its existence, the single source of all its wealth and all its prosperity. The state of things most favorable to industry is by that very reason the most favorable to society.
True equality consists in each drawing benefits from society in exact proportion to his social outlay, that is to his real capacity, to the beneficent use he makes of his abilities. And this equality is the natural foundation of industrial society.
Politics is the science of production.
We regard society as the ensemble and union of men engaged in useful work. We can conceive of no other kind of society.
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