Note 445 — Chapter II · : SAINT-SIMON, THE SAINT-SIMONIANS, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF COLLECTIVISM

Writing in 1803 in his Lettres d’un Habitant de Genève, he uses the following words: “Everyone will be obliged to do some work. The duty of employing one’s personal ability in furthering the interests of humanity is an obligation that rests upon the shoulders of everyone.” (Œuvres, vol. i, p. 55.)