Talk:Sadakichi Hartmann
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Was Hartmann an anarchist?
The article cites no source attesting to this.
Britannica describes him as a "poet of anarchy," but it's unclear what this means viz. his personal anarchism, and they too cite no source.
In fact, this article explicitly qualifies his personal commitment to anarchism, claiming,
Although he was far less political than aesthetic in orientation ("I was always somewhat of an esthetic sybarite, looking primarily for manifestations of Plato's fine frenzy, Aristotle's purification of thought and sentiment, and Schopenhauer's moments of cognition."), Hartmann was a participant in the anarchist movement, joining Emma Goldman, Edwin Bjorkman, and John R. Coryell in founding the magazine Mother Earth. While he remained friendly with the anarchists, he never was able to commit himself to the movement in a genuinely activist way. Rather, he remained throughout his life skeptical, even pessimistic, about extreme political ideologies. As for the possibility that anarchism might work, his philosopher Kung in Confucius (1923) warns: "A cook is needed even for the most frugal brew."
Zachary123212 (talk) 19:36, 20 April 2024 (UTC)