The Soul of Man under Socialism is the 1891 essay by the famous Irish author and playwright Oscar Wilde. In the essay he expounds on his ideals of libertarian socialism. An excerpt form the essay, "With the abolition of private property, then, we shall have true, beautiful, healthy Individualism. Nobody will waste his life in accumulating things, and the symbols for things. One will live. To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all," is a central theme in Wilde's belief.
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