The Comte / Dunoyer Project

Revised: 25 May 2026

Introduction | Works by Dunoyer | Works by Comte

Introduction

Places to Begin:

  1. my biographical entries in The Encylopedia of Libertarianism (2008) – Comte [PDF] and [HTML] and Dunoyer [PDF] and [HTML]
  2. The Works of Charles Comte and Charles Dunoyer in a [sortable table format]
  3. an older [Bio and Bibliography] of the Works of Charles Comte (1782-1837)
  4. an older [Bio and Bibliography] of the Works of Charles Dunoyer (1786-1862)

Journals:

  1. Le Censeur (1 July 1814 – 6 September 1815) – a detailed [ToC] with links to PDFs
  2. Le Censeur européen (February 1817 – 17 April 1819) – a detailed [ToC] with links to PDFs

Anthologies and Translations:

  1. An Anthology of Articles from Le Censeur (1814-1815) and Le Censeur européen (1817-1819) [35 items in HTML and facs. PDF – see the [ToC]. In the [original French] and my [translations] (in progress)
  2. A translation of Part 1 of a 2 Part collection of their articles from their journals Le Censeur (1814-1815) and Le Censeur européen (1817-1819) called Censoring the State. Part 1 contains 17 essays from Le Censeur (1814-1815); Part 2 contains 18 essays from Le Censeur européen (1817-1819). [HTML]

Important Books in enhanced HTML:

  1. Charles Dunoyer, L’Industrie et la morale (1825) – enhanced [HTML]
  2. Charles Comte, Traité de législation (1826-27) – 4 vols in 1 in enhanced [HTML]
  3. Charles Dunoyer, Nouveau traité d’économie sociale (1830) – 2-vols-in-1 in enhanced [HTML]
  4. Charles Comte, Traité de la Propriété (1834) – 2-vols-in-1 in enhanced [HTML]

Articles and Papers by me

  1. My PHD: Class Analysis, Slavery and the Industrialist Theory of History in French Liberal Thought, 1814-1830: The Radical Liberalism of Charles Comte and Charles Dunoyer (in enhanced [2013 version].

 

Works by Dunoyer in the Library

Showing 4 of 4 works
No. Title Page Author The Work Year Discipline Collection
1 Charles Dunoyer (1786-1862)
Charles Comte, Charles Dunoyer, et al., An Anthology of Articles from Le Censeur and Le Censeur européen (1814-19).
Editor's Note: This anthology (488 pp. ) in French consists of 17 articles from Le Censeur (1814-185) and 18 from Le Censeur européen (1817-1819).
1814 Economics; History; Political Thought; Sociology Anthology; Guillaumin
2 Charles Dunoyer (1786-1862)
Charles Comte and Charles Dunoyer, Censoring the State: An Anthology of Articles by Charles Comte and Charles Dunoyer from 'Le Censeur' (1814-1815) and 'Le Censeur européen' (1817-1819). Edited and translated by David M. Hart (Pittwater Free Press, 2026).
Editor's Note: This anthology consists of 17 articles from Le Censeur (1814-185) and 18 from Le Censeur européen (1817-1819) and is 488 pp. long. It is available in three parts: the complete collection of 35 articles in one volume in [HTML]; Part 1 which consists of 17 articles from Le Censeur (1814-1815) in [HTML]; and Part 2 which consists of 18 artiucles from Le Censeur européen (1817-1819) in [HTML].
1814 Economics; History; Law; Political Thought; Sociology Anthology
3 Charles Dunoyer (1786-1862)
Charles Dunoyer, L’Industrie et la morale considérées dans leurs rapports avec la liberté (Paris: A. Sautelet et Cie, 1825).
1825 Sociology Guillaumin
4 Charles Dunoyer (1786-1862)
Charles Dunoyer, Nouveau traité d’économie sociale, ou simple exposition des causes sous l’influence desquelles les hommes parviennent à user de leurs forces avec le plus de LIBERTÉ, c’est-à-dire avec le plus FACILITÉ et de PUISSANCE (Paris: Sautelet et Mesnier, 1830). 2 vols.
Editor's Note: This is a two volume work. Links to volume 1 are given above. Here are links to volume 2 in HTML, PDF, and ePub. There is also a "2 volumes in 1" version in HTML and ePub.
1830 Economics Guillaumin

Works by Comte in the Library

Showing 3 of 3 works
No. Title Page Author The Work Year Discipline Collection
1 Charles Comte (1782-1837)
Charles Comte, Cours de droit naturel (1820-21) (Pittwater Free Press, 2026).
1820 Political Thought Guillaumin
2 Charles Comte (1782-1837)
Charles Comte, Traité de la Propriété. Par Charles Comte. Membre de la Chambre des Députes, Secrétaire perpétuel de l' Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques de l'Institut, Professeur honoraire de Droit a l'Académie de Lausanne, Avocat a la Cour Royale de Paris (Paris: Chamerot, Libraire quai des Augustins, 13; Ducollet, Libraire, Quai des Augustins, 15. M DCCC XXXIV (1834)). 2 vols.
Editor's Note: This is a two volume work. Links to volume 1 are given above. Here are links to volume 2 in HTML, PDF, and ePub. There is also a "2 volumes in 1" version in HTML and ePub.
1834 Sociology Guillaumin
3 Charles Comte (1782-1837)
Charles Comte, Traité de législation, ou exposition des lois générales suivant lesquelles les peuples prospèrent, dépérissent ou restent stationnaire (Paris: A. Sautelet et Cie, 1826-27). Four volumes.
Editor's Note: This is a four volume work. Links to volume 1 are given above. Here are links to volume 2 in HTML, PDF, and ePub; to volume 3 in HTML, PDF, and ePub; to volume 4 in HTML, PDF, and ePub. There is also a "4 volumes in 1" version in HTML and ePub.
1826 Sociology Guillaumin