The Europe Envisioned
As a utopian socialist, living during the nineteenth century, Henri de Saint-Simon saw many challenges facing Europeans. One of the biggest challenges, in his view, was to rid Europe of social leaders that earned their position through political connections, and not ability. Saint-Simon saw the need for the creation of new universal institutions, since a "lack of institutions leads to the destruction of all society," and "outworn institutions prolong the ignorance and prejudice of the times that produced them." It was his belief that Europeans were not adequately represented, and that "every million persons in Europe who know how to read and write" should have a representative in the House of Commons. Saint-Simon ho
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