
Essay•Political Philosophy•Social Criticism
The Soul of Man Under Socialism
Oscar Wilde(1891)
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Pages: 42
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0-14-043699-0
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Wilde's essay on individualism, socialism, and the relationship between art and society.
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Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
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The Soul of Man Under Socialism
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The chief advantage that would result from the establishment of Socialism is, undoubtedly, the fact that Socialism would relieve us from that sordid necessity of living for others.
With the abolition of private property, then, we shall have true, beautiful, healthy Individualism. Nobody will waste his life in accumulating things, and the symbols for things.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.
The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.