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Section II.—Tue Division or Lasor AND MacHINERY.
The division of labor opens, according to M. Proud- hon, the series of economic evolutions.
The good side of
the division of labor.
The bad side of
the division of labor.
The problem to solve.
“Considered in its essence, the division of labor is the mode accord- ing to which is realised the equality of conditions and of _ intelligences.” (Vol. I., p. 93.)
“The division of labor has become for us an in- strument of misery.” (Vol. L., p. 99.)
VARIANT.
“Labor, in dividing itself according to the law which belongs to it, and which is the first condi- tion of its fecundity, tends to the negation of its ends, and destroys itself.” (Vol. I., p. 94.)
To find “the recom- position which will efface the inconveniences of the division of labor while conserving all its useful effects.” (Vol. I., p. 97.)
The division of labor is, according to M. Proudhon, an eternal law, a simple and abstract category. It is
