Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-65) was one of the most important social thinkers of the nineteenth century. A considerable amount has been written about him in French. The present work, however, is the ...

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The concept of “the common good” as a guiding principle for Bowdoin College was framed by Joseph McKeen, the College’s first president, in his inaugural address on September 2, 1802: “… It ought ...

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