ABSTRACT
Robert Owen (1771-1858) was the founder of British socialism, and one of the most influential reformers in Britain and America in the first half of the 19th century. This book contains all Owen's key writings on the ideal community, socialism, religion, and the capitalist economic system.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |59 pages
The Book of the New Moral World
chapter Chapter VII|31 pages
The Fundamental Laws of Human Nature, or First Principles of the Science of Man
part Second |46 pages
The Principles of Society
chapter Chapter III|6 pages
‘A practical knowledge of the best mode of distributing wealth most advantageously for all.’
part Third |63 pages
Conditions Requisite for Human Happiness
chapter Chapter VI|2 pages
The inclination and means of promoting continually the happiness of our fellow-beings.
chapter Chapter VII|2 pages
The inclination and means of increasing continually our stock of knowledge.
chapter Chapter XII|2 pages
The utmost individual freedom of action, compatible with the permanent good of society.
part Fourth |47 pages
The Principles and Practice of the Rational Religion
part Fifth |57 pages
The Elements of the Science of Society, or of the Social State of Man
chapter Chapter III|4 pages
‘On the practical knowledge of the best mode of distributing these productions most advantageously for all.’
chapter Chapter VII|14 pages
‘On the new classification of society, according to age and experience, and the eternal laws of humanity.’
part Sixth |61 pages
General Constitution of Government and Universal Code of Laws,
part Seventh |47 pages
The Book of the New Moral World