On the grave of the Russian thinker is the phrase: "Those who do not dare the impossible will never achieve what is possible." Bakunin lived in London, then moved to Italy, and later settled in Switzerland, where he participated in the publication of the first issue of the magazine "Narodnoe Delo," but soon left the editorial team. He disagreed with Herzen, whose ideas seemed too moderate to him, and became close to the radical revolutionary S.G. Nechaev. In 1864, after restoring relations with K. Marx, Bakunin joined the International Workingmen's Association, known as the First International. Over time, anarchists became a significant faction in this organization and eventually opposed the Marxists. Bakunin attempted to create a secret society within the International, for which he was expelled at the Hague Congress in 1872. He passed away in Bern on June 19 (July 1) 1876. In his last years, Bakunin developed anarchism as a doctrine of extreme individualism, inspired by the teachings of M. Stirner. He denied the existence of objective historical forces and linked hopes for revolution with the peasantry, unlike Marx, who believed in the proletariat. Following Rousseau, Bakunin believed in the "nature of man," free from the constraints imposed by education and society.
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