Mikhail Bakunin Philosopher
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: Russia
- Born: May 30, 1814
- Died: Jul 1, 1876
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist, and founder of collectivist anarchism. He is considered among the most influential figures of anarchism, and one of the principal founders of the "social anarchist" tradition. Bakunin's enormous prestige as an activist made him one of the most famous ideologues in Europe, and he gained substantial influence among radicals throughout Russia and Europe.
Bakunin grew up in Pryamukhino, a family estate in Tver Governorate, where he moved to study philosophy and began to read the French encyclopédistes, leading to enthusiasm for the philosophy of Fichte. From Fichte, Bakunin went on to immerse himself in the works of Hegel, the most influential thinker among German intellectuals at the time. That led to his embrace of Hegelianism, bedazzled by Hegel's famous maxim, "Everything that exists is rational." In 1840, Bakunin traveled to St. Petersburg and Berlin with the intention of preparing himself for a professorship in philosophy or history at the University of Moscow. In 1842, Bakunin moved from Berlin to Dresden . Eventually he arrived in Paris, where he met Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Karl Marx.
A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would have to be abolished.
best & God
The freedom of all is essential to my freedom.
freedom
Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie and the workers want no lying.
equality & freedom
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
politics
I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.
knowledge & positive
To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary idea or hope or passion.
hope