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The Development of Utopian Socialism
Engels, Friedrich
http://www.connexions.org/CxArchive/MIA/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/ch01.htmhttp://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/ch01.htm Year Published: 1880 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX10803 The Utopians' mode of thought has for a long time governed the Socialist ideas of the 19th century, and still governs some of them. Until very recently, all French and English Socialists did homage to it. The earlier German Communism, including that of Weitling, was of the same school. To all these, Socialism is the expression of absolute truth, reason and justice, and has only to be discovered to conquer all the world by virtue of its own power. And as an absolute truth is independent of time, space, and of the historical development of man, it is a mere accident when and where it is discovered. With all this, absolute truth, reason, and justice are different with the founder of each different school. Subject Headings |