To the Editor of Liberty:
Can you tell me when the name
philosophic Anarchismwas first applied to the movement represented by Liberty, and by whom? If you cannot give the information exactly, can you give the approximate date, and tell whether the name originated inside the movement or outside?
Perhaps some reader can give Mr. Byington the information which he desires. I ought to be able to, but really have forgotten the facts,—perhaps because I have never attached any importance to them. It is my impression that the use of the adjective philosophic
as descriptive of our movement originated outside. I have never accepted it, and rarely, if ever, have I used it. Every fool thinks himself a philosopher.