49 definitions
Alchemy (n.) is false in its essence, which is our imagination, but true in its object — the real chemistry of substances it was groping at.
Anarchy (n.) is a form of government or constitution in which public and private consciousness, formed through the development of science and law, is alone sufficient to maintain order and guarantee all liberties.
Anarchy (n.) is the absence of a master, of a sovereign.
Anarchy (n.) is the government of each man by himself, or as the English say, self-government.
Communism (n.) is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In communism, inequality springs from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence.
Communism (n.) is the religion of poverty.
Error (n.) is a stage of science: even our most imperfect judgments carry enough truth to work within a certain area, beyond which they lead in theory to the absurd and in practice to decay.
Freedom (n.) is the mother, not the daughter, of order.
Humanity (n.) is a term invoked by those who want to cheat.
Land (n.) held as national property — the imagined right of a people to own its soil — has in every epoch bred suzerainty, tribute, royal prerogative and forced labour.
Landed property (n.) cannot be justified by scarcity: because land is limited, it is precisely what may not be appropriated, since taking it harms the enjoyment of others.
Law (n.) is a spiderweb for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and fishing nets in the hands of government.
Law (n.) is not able to generate justice. It is nothing but a declaration and application of what is just.
Ownership (n.) stops at what you make: the fisherman who catches more fish than the rest does not thereby own the river bank.