Robert Owen

Robert Owen

Robert Owen was a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. Owen's philosophy was based on three intellectual pillars: First, no one was responsible for his [] will and his [] own actions because his whole character is formed independently of himself; people are products of their heredity and environment, hence his support for education and labour reform, rendering him a pioneer in human capital investment. Second, all religions are based on the same ridiculous imagination, that make man a weak, imbecile animal; a furious bigot and...
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quick facts
Birthdate:May 14, 1771
Birthplace:Newtown
Date of death:November 17, 1858

Written works by Robert Owen

  • future of the human race
    future of the human race
  • signs of the times
    signs of the times
  • address to the socialists on the present position of the rational system of society
    address to the socialists on the present position of the rational system of society
  • Manifesto of Robert Owen, the discoverer, founder, and promulgator, of the rational system of society, and ofthe rational religion..
    Manifesto of Robert Owen, the discoverer, founder, and promulgator, of the rational system of society, and ofthe rational religion..
  • social bible
    social bible
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future of the human race
signs of the times
address to the socialists on the present position of the rational system of society
Manifesto of Robert Owen, the discoverer, founder, and promulgator, of the rational system of society, and ofthe rational religion..
social bible
first discourse on a new system of society
supplement to the Revolution in mind & practice of the human race
Essays on the formation of the human character
Selected works of Robert Owen
Situations
industrial hero
addresses of Robert Owen
Debate on the evidences of Christianity
Second lecture on the new religion
Dialogue entre La France, Le Monde et Robert Owen
new religion
Ouwen xuan ji
Two discourses on a new system of society
An address delivered to the inhabitants of New Lanark on the first of January, 1816
twelve fundamental laws of human nature
life of Robert Owen
Robert Owen in the United States
Papers sent to the National Association for Promoting Social Science
new view of society
Report of the meetings of the Congress of the advanced minds of the world
Textes choisis
developement of the principles and plans on which to establish self-supporting home colonies ..
evidences of Christianity
Report to the county of Lanark of a plan for relieving public distress and removing discontent by giving permanent, productive employment to the poor and working classes ..
Six lectures on charity
The book of the new moral world
New existence of man upon the earth
Observations on the effect of the manufacturing system
development of the principles and plans on which to establish self-supporting home colonies
Syllabus of four morning and four evening courses of lectures
Threading my way
Letters to the human race on the coming universal revolution
Mr. Owen's proposed villages for the poor shown to be highly favourable to Christianity
revolution in the mind and practice of the human race, or, The coming change from irrationality to rationality
millennium in practice
livre du nouveau monde moral
statement regarding the New Lanark Establishment
inauguration of the millennium, May 14th, 1855
Socialism misrepresented, and truly represented
Part V. of The new existence of man upon the earth, in which is continued the outline of Mr. Owen's life
supposed examination of Robert Owen by a Committee appointed by the British Parliament on his petitions inthe Session of 1855
What is socialism?
Address on spiritual manifestations
The Robert Owen papers, 1821-58
A dialogue
The evidences of Christianity
Lectures on the marriages of the priesthood of the old immoral world
The life of Robert Owen
A new view of society and other writings
A new view of society, or, Essays on the formation of the human character
A new view of society & other writings
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Places Robert Owen has lived

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A Powys
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People who influenced Robert Owen

Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham was an English author, jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He became a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law, and a political radical whose ideas influenced the development of welfarism. He is best known for his advocacy of utilitarianism and animal...
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William Godwin
William Godwin

William Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism. Godwin is most famous for two books that he published within the space of a year: An Enquiry Concerning...
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Personal relationships of Robert Owen

Caroline Dale
Caroline Dale
Relationship type:Marriage
Robert Owen
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