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Paul Lafargue
Sign in to savewriter, journalist, literary critic and revolutionary; also known for being Karl Marx's son-in-law (1842-1911)
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Paul Lafargue (1842–1911) was a French journalist, politician, economist, and essayist. Born in Santiago de Cuba, he held French citizenship and worked in Paris. He was a member of the International Workingmen's Association, the French Section of the Workers' International, the French Workers' Party, and the Socialist Party of France. His notable work includes *The Right to be Lazy*.
Lafargue was married to Laura Marx. He died by suicide in Draveil on 26 November 1911 and is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery. His archives are held at the International Institute of Social History and La contemporaine.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15 January 1842
- Died
- 26 November 1911
- Works
- 98
Top works
- 财产及其起源
- Соціализмъ и интеллигенція
- La propriété, origine et évolution
- Monsieur Vautour et la réduction des loyers
- Vorläufer des neueren sozialismus
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 20
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations
· 1958 · cited 70,816x
- “Mini-mental state”
· 1975 · cited 68,275x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,809x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,735x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,494x
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Quotes
- “When, in our civilized Europe, we would find a trace of the native beauty of man, we must go seek it in the nations where economic prejudices have not yet uprooted the hatred of work. … The Greeks in their era of greatness had only contempt for work: their slaves alone were permitted to labor: the free man knew only exercises for the body and mind. … The philosophers of antiquity taught contempt for work, that degradation of the free man, the poets sang of idleness, that gift from the Gods.”
- “Jehovah … gave his worshippers the supreme example of ideal laziness; after six days of work, he rests for all eternity.”
- “Philanthropy means to steal wholesale, and give away retail.”
- “The blood of three oppressed races runs in my veins.”
- “I am proudest of my Negro extraction.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1842-01-15 ) 15 January 1842, Santiago de Cuba , Spanish Cuba
- Died
- 25 November 1911 (1911-11-25) (aged 69), Draveil , Paris , France
- Cause of death
- Suicide
- Occupation
- Physician
- Spouse
- Laura Marx ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1868 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Santiago de Cuba
- Place of death
- Draveil
- Spouse
- Laura Marx
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Political party
- Socialist Party of France
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Notable work
- The Right to be Lazy
- Image
- Paul Lafargue 1869.jpg
- Work location
- Paris
- Significant event
- funeral
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- Commons category
- Paul Lafargue
- date of birth
- 1842-01-15
- date of death
- 1911-11-26
- manner of death
- Suicide
- name in native language
- Paul Lafargue
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons Creator page
- Paul Lafargue
- cause of death
- poison
- writing language
- French
- source of income
- inheritance
- P8168
- Die Chefin
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul Lafargue (/ləˈfɑːrɡ/; French: [lafaʁg]; 15 January 1842 – 25 November 1911) was a Cuban-born French political writer, economist, journalist, literary critic, and activist. His best known work is The Right to Be Lazy. Born in Cuba to French and Creole parents, Lafargue spent most of his life in France, with periods in England and Spain.
He was Karl Marx's son-in-law, having married his second daughter, Laura. At the age of 69, he and 66-year-old Laura died together in a suicide pact.
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