Code de la nature (English: Code del nature)

In his early works, he advocated an educational philosophy based on sensationalism, but in the 1750s, his ideas became more radical and utopian. In his long poem of 14 songs, The Shipwreck of the Floating Island, or Basiliade (published anonymously in 1753), he advocated a society of perfect equality, and in his Code de la nature (published anonymously in 1754), he provided a theoretical justification for Basiliade, criticized private ownership as being contrary to the harmony of God, and developed a vision of a rational, optimistic communist society based on collective education and free of all luxury. Because of its radical nature, Code de la nature was long thought to have been written by Diderot, and it had a great influence on Babeuf and others during the Revolution, but it was not until 1841 that it was given the honor of Morely.

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…初期作品では感覚論に立脚した教育哲学を説いたが，50年代に入って思想が先鋭になると同時にユートピア的性格を帯びる。14の歌より成る長編詩《浮島の遭難またはバジリヤッド》(1753年匿名出版)では完全平等の社会をうたい，さらに《自然の法典Code de la nature》(1754年匿名出版)では《バジリヤッド》に理論的根拠を与えて，〈神の調和〉に背く私有制を批判し，集団教育に基づく，あらゆる奢侈を排した合理的･楽観的な共産社会の構想を展開した。《自然の法典》はその急進的性格ゆえに長い間ディドロの作とされ，大革命期のバブーフらに大きな影響を与えたが，1841年にビルガルデルによって初めてモレリーの名誉に帰した。…

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