Elegant, aesthetic, pompous, and unconventional, a lover of Greek culture, representative of the currents of Aestheticism and the Decadent Movement, Oscar Wilde relished every moment of his existence until his undeserving and shameful final fall.

In his political essay, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, he argued that the most favorable government for artists is anarchism. He speaks against private property, accepts Jesus as an individualist, and declares that "the right aim is to try to reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty is impossible."

With his swan song being his great vision: "The new Individualism, for whose service Socialism operates, whether it wants to or not, will be a perfect harmony. It will be what the Greeks sought but could not fully achieve, only at the level of Thought, because they had and nurtured slaves. It will be what the Renaissance aspired to, but could not fully realize, only in Art, because it had slaves who were starving. This Individualism will be complete, and through it, every person will reach their perfection. The new Individualism is the new Hellenism."

Author: WILDE, OSCAR

Language: ENGLISH

Pages: 112

Year of Publication: 2024