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	{{Infobox philosopher\|name=Henri de Saint-Simon\|image=Henri de Saint-Simon.png\|image_size=200\|birth_date=17 October 1760\|death_date=19 May 1825 (aged 64)\|birth_place=Paris, [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|France]]\|death_place=Paris, [[Kingdom of France (1815–1830)\|France]]\|nationality=French\|school_tradition=[[Dialectical]] [[idealism]]<br>[[Utopian socialism]]}}		{{Infobox philosopher\|name=Henri de Saint-Simon\|image=Henri de Saint-Simon.png\|image_size=200\|birth_date=17 October 1760\|death_date=19 May 1825 (aged 64)\|birth_place=Paris, [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|France]]\|death_place=Paris, [[Kingdom of France (1815–1830)\|France]]\|nationality=French\|school_tradition=[[Dialectical]] [[idealism]]<br>[[Utopian socialism]]}}

	'''Claude Henri de Saint-Simon''' (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825) was a French [[Utopian socialism\|utopian socialist]] and political theorist. He defined the [[French Revolution]] as a [[Class warfare\|class war]] between the [[nobility]], [[bourgeoisie]], and propertyless classes. He also defined a distinction between [[Ruling class\|idlers]] and workers, which included [[Proletariat\|proletarians]], bankers, manufacturers, and merchants. As [[capitalism]] was only beginning to develop, he predicted that the bourgeoisie would only hold limited power as public officials or social trustees. ~~In 1815~~, at the ~~time of~~ [[~~Napoleon Bonaparte\|Napoleon~~]]'s ~~defeat~~, he ~~called for an alliance~~ of ~~France~~, [[~~Germany~~]], ~~and~~ [[~~United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland~~\|~~England~~]] ~~to guarantee~~ the ~~prosperous development~~ of ~~Europe~~.<ref>{{Citation\|author=~~[[Friedrich Engels]]~~\|year=~~1880\|title=Socialism: Utopian and Scientific\|title-url=~~\|chapter=~~The Development of Utopian Socialism~~\|chapter-url=https://~~www~~.~~marxists~~.~~org~~/~~archive/marx/works~~/~~1880~~/~~soc-utop~~/~~ch01~~.~~htm~~\|~~publisher~~=~~Progress Publishers~~\|~~mia~~=https://~~www~~.~~marxists~~.~~org~~/~~archive~~/~~marx~~/~~works~~/~~1880~~/~~soc~~-~~utop/index~~.~~htm~~}}</ref>		'''Claude Henri de Saint-Simon''' (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825) was a French [[Utopian socialism\|utopian socialist]] and political theorist. He defined the [[French Revolution]] as a [[Class warfare\|class war]] between the [[nobility]], [[bourgeoisie]], and propertyless classes.<ref name=":0">{{Citation\|author=[[Friedrich Engels]]\|year=1880\|title=Socialism: Utopian and Scientific\|title-url=\|chapter=The Development of Utopian Socialism\|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/ch01.htm\|publisher=Progress Publishers\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm}}</ref> He also defined a distinction between [[Ruling class\|idlers]] and workers (''industriels''), which included [[Proletariat\|proletarians]], bankers, manufacturers, and merchants, effectively merging the proletariat and bourgeoisie under one umbrella.<ref name=":1">{{Citation\|author=N. E. Zastenker\|year=1976\|chapter=Saint-Simon, Comte de\|chapter-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Saint-Simon,+Comte+de\|title=[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]] (3rd ed.)\|volume=23\|page=262-263\|city=Moscow\|pdf=https://ia804601.us.archive.org/2/items/B-001-032-507-748-ALL/БСЭ_3изд_т23_587.pdf\|trans-title=Boljšaja sovjetskaja enciklopjedija\|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> As [[capitalism]] was only beginning to develop at this time, Saint-Simon predicted that the bourgeoisie would only hold limited power as public officials or social trustees,<ref name=":0" /> and he genuinely wanted to end the exploitation of the proletariat.<ref name=":1" />

			During the [[French Revolution]], Saint-Simon initially sided with the [[Jacobins]] and adopted a bourgeois [[liberal]] point of view. But when he was dissatisfied with the bourgeois revolution's results, he developed a [[Science\|scientific]], mechanistic analysis of societal progress known as "social physiology."<ref name=":1" /> But his material analysis was limited by his [[Idealism\|idealist]] worldview, which led him wanting to overcome class conflict through [[Religion\|religious]] morality.<ref name=":1" /> In 1814, he called for the "superior" European [[race]] to [[Colonialism\|colonise]] the rest of the world.<ref>{{Citation\|author=Henri de Saint-Simon\|year=1868 [1814]\|chapter=De la réorganization de la société européenne\|chapter-url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5664b/f216.item\|title=Œuvres complètes\|title-url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5664b\|volume=1\|page=204\|city=Paris\|publisher=Slatkine reprints\|quote=Peupler le globe de la race européenne, qui est supérieure à toutes les autres races d'hommes; le rendre voyageable et habitable comme l'Europe, voilà l'entreprise par laquelle le parlement européen devra continuelle-ment exercer l'activité de l'Europe, et la tenir toujours en haleine.}}</ref><ref>{{Citation\|author=Richard Swedberg\|year=May 1992\|title=Saint-Simon's vision of a united Europe\|publisher=European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie, 35(1), 145–169\|doi=10.1017/S0003975600006809\|quote=Saint-Simon also advocated that the European Confederation tried to colonize the rest of the world: 'To colonize the world with the European race, which is superior to every other race: to make the world accessible and habitable like Europe—such is the sort of enterprise by which the European Parliament should continually keep Europe active and happy.'}}</ref> In 1815, at the time of [[Napoleon Bonaparte\|Napoleon]]'s defeat, Saint-Simon called for an alliance of France, [[Germany]], and [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|England]] to guarantee the prosperous development of Europe.<ref name=":0" />

	== References ==		== References ==
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	[[Category:Political theorists]]		[[Category:Political theorists]]
	[[Category:Utopian socialists]]		[[Category:Utopian socialists]]

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	'''Claude Henri de Saint-Simon''' (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825) was a French [[Utopian socialism\|utopian socialist]] and political theorist. He defined the [[French Revolution]] as a [[Class warfare\|class war]] between the [[nobility]], [[bourgeoisie]], and propertyless classes. He also defined a distinction between [[Ruling class\|idlers]] and workers, which included [[Proletariat\|proletarians]], bankers, manufacturers, and merchants. As [[capitalism]] was only beginning to develop, he predicted that the bourgeoisie would only hold limited power as public officials or social trustees. In 1815, at the time of [[Napoleon Bonaparte\|Napoleon]]'s defeat, he called for an alliance of France, [[Germany]], and [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|England]] to guarantee the prosperous development of Europe.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Friedrich Engels]]\|year=1880\|title=Socialism: Utopian and Scientific\|title-url=\|chapter=The Development of Utopian Socialism\|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/ch01.htm\|publisher=Progress Publishers\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm}}</ref>		'''Claude Henri de Saint-Simon''' (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825) was a French [[Utopian socialism\|utopian socialist]] and political theorist. He defined the [[French Revolution]] as a [[Class warfare\|class war]] between the [[nobility]], [[bourgeoisie]], and propertyless classes. He also defined a distinction between [[Ruling class\|idlers]] and workers, which included [[Proletariat\|proletarians]], bankers, manufacturers, and merchants. As [[capitalism]] was only beginning to develop, he predicted that the bourgeoisie would only hold limited power as public officials or social trustees. In 1815, at the time of [[Napoleon Bonaparte\|Napoleon]]'s defeat, he called for an alliance of France, [[Germany]], and [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|England]] to guarantee the prosperous development of Europe.<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Friedrich Engels]]\|year=1880\|title=Socialism: Utopian and Scientific\|title-url=\|chapter=The Development of Utopian Socialism\|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/ch01.htm\|publisher=Progress Publishers\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm}}</ref>

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{{Infobox philosopher|name=Henri de Saint-Simon|image=Henri de Saint-Simon.png|image_size=200|birth_date=17 October 1760|death_date=19 May 1825|birth_place=Paris, [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)|France]]|death_place=Paris, [[Kingdom of France (1815–1830)|France]]|nationality=French|school_tradition=[[Dialectical]] [[idealism]]<br>[[Utopian socialism]]}}

'''Claude Henri de Saint-Simon''' (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825) was a French [[Utopian socialism|utopian socialist]] and political theorist. He defined the [[French Revolution]] as a [[Class warfare|class war]] between the [[nobility]], [[bourgeoisie]], and propertyless classes. He also defined a distinction between [[Ruling class|idlers]] and workers, which included [[Proletariat|proletarians]], bankers, manufacturers, and merchants. As [[capitalism]] was only beginning to develop, he predicted that the bourgeoisie would only hold limited power as public officials or social trustees. In 1815, at the time of [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]'s defeat, he called for an alliance of France, [[Germany]], and [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|England]] to guarantee the prosperous development of Europe.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Friedrich Engels]]|year=1880|title=Socialism: Utopian and Scientific|title-url=|chapter=The Development of Utopian Socialism|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/ch01.htm|publisher=Progress Publishers|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1880/soc-utop/index.htm}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Political theorists]]
[[Category:Utopian socialists]]