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Étienne-Gabriel Morelly

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French philosopher (1717-1778)

FranceAcademicsLived 1717 to 1778 · aged 61
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Étienne-Gabriel Morelly was a French utopian thinker, philosopher and novelist. An otherwise "obscure tax official", and teacher, Morelly wrote two books on education, a critique of Montesquieu and The Code of Nature, which was published anonymously in France in 1755.

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Étienne-Gabriel Morelly was a French utopian thinker, philosopher and novelist. An otherwise "obscure tax official", and teacher, Morelly wrote two books on education, a critique of Montesquieu and The Code of Nature, which was published anonymously in France in 1755. This book, initially attributed to philosophes including Rousseau and Diderot, criticised contemporary society, postulated a social order without avarice, and proposed a constitution intended to lead to an egalitarian society without property, marriage, church or police.

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France
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Lived 1717 to 1778 · aged 61
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