According to the etymology of the word, a heretic is one “who chooses”., choice meant in the strongest of its accepted meanings, as active decision, certainly not in the bland dress of adjustment. A heretic is no one who limits himself to belonging, approving, following. Nor is he even one who is content to study, learn and repeat. A heretic is not one who knows the old answers by heart, but rather one who loves to formulate new questions. The heretic does not demand approval, but rather critique; he does not want to maintain, but to change. If the heretic usually doesn’t go very far, a reproach that is often made against him, it is because he spends his time opening new paths rather than going down all too well-trodden ones.
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A Sure Means to Pluck Joy Immediately: Destroy Passionately
Zo d’Axa (1892)
The Bourse, the Palace of Justice, and the Chamber of Deputies are buildings of which there has been much talk these past few days. These three buildings had been especially threatened by three young men who were fortunately stopped just in time.
Nothing can be hidden from messieurs journalists; they revealed the triple conspiracy, and their colleagues in the prefecture immediately apprehended the conspirators.
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The Honest Worker-L’Onesto Operaio-L’Honnête Ouvrier by Zo d’Axa (en/it.fr)
The Honest Worker
It’s the amazing fattening of the mass of the exploited that creates the increasing and logical ambition of the exploiters.
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A Sure Means to Pluck Joy Immediately: Destroy Passionately (en/fr)
The Bourse, the Palace of Justice, and the Chamber of Deputies are buildings of which there has been much talk these past few days. These three buildings had been especially threatened by three young men who were fortunately stopped just in time.
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Zo d’Axa, L’En-dehors
Les articles qui suivent ont initialement été publiés dans le journal l’En-dehors, hebdomadaire fondé par Zo d’Axa, qui paraît de mai 1891 à janvier 1893.
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Vous n’êtes que des poires !
« Instruire le peuple ! Que faudra-t-il donc ? Sa misère ne lui a rien appris. Tant qu’il y aura riches et pauvres, ces derniers s’attelleront d’eux-mêmes pour le service commandé. L’échine des travailleurs est habituée au harnais. Au temps de la jeunesse et de la force, ils sont les seuls domestiques qui ne ruent pas dans les brancards.
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A Road – Une Route (Zo D’Axa 1895) en/fr
Foreigners everywhere!
There aren’t many fewer of them in Paris than in this London where I have vegetated in the vacation of an outlaw for the past three months.
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He is Elected
Zo d’Axa
Listen to the edifying story of a pretty little white ass, candidate in the capital. It isn’t a Mother Goose rhyme, or a story from Le Petit Journal. It’s a true story for the old kiddies who still vote:
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To the Voters Zo D’Axa (1900) en/fr
Voters:
In presenting myself for your votes, I owe you a few words. Here they are:
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