Note 204-5 — Chapter VII
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
Schiller's terrible words:
"Etwas muss er sein eigen nennen, Oder der Mensch wird morden und brennen."
—i. e., "Something must he call his own, or man will murder and burn."
It is one of J. G. Fichte's fundamental thoughts that as all property is based on mutual disclaimer, the person who has nothing of his own, has disclaimed nothing, and therefore reserves his original right to everything. (Geschlossener Handelstaat., Werke, III, 400, 445.)