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). Maréchal was also the editor of the newspaper Révolutions de Paris.<BR><BR>Wikipedia