Sylvain MarchalMarechal, Sylvain

(1750-1803)

Sylvain Maréchal (15 August 1750, Paris – 18 January 1803, Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine) was a French essayist, poet, philosopher, and, as a political theorist, precursor of utopian socialism and communism (his views on a Golden age society are occasionally described also as utopian anarchism).