tionary that advocated criticism of everything in existence. This was especially anticipated by the proletariat. The proletariat were the working class of the day. They were the poor and made up the majority of people. Marx went on to believe that the proletariat would rise up against the bourgeoisie. Then in 1844 Marx met a man that would change his life forever.When going to England after doing military service, he meet Marx in Cologne in the offices of the Rheinische Zeitung. Both of them had gone through the German philosophic school and whilst abroad they came to the same conclusions but while Marx arrived at an understanding of the struggles and the demands of the age basis of the French Revolution, Engles did so on the basis of English industry. (The Story of His life, Mehring, page 93) Friedrich Engles was born in 1820 in the Rhine Province of the Kingdom of Prussia. Like Marx he was brought up with the German philosophies of Hegel, and like Marx, Engles began to follow the works of Hegel. These parallels between Marx and Engles formed a relationship that would last for the rest of each others lives. They both contributed to each others works, and co-wrote many things. The similarity in background between the two also meant a similarity in ideas. The both believed in the struggle of the proletariat and that it would rise up against the bourgeoisie. Marx is considerate to be the greater of the two philosophies. The one contrast was the way in which one solved problems. Marx would use historical research to solve a problem, as apposed Engles who used his imagination and pure mind to come about a solution. These differences in culture and similarities in beliefs complemented each other well. This outlook on society and the class war was ingenious. It was their greatest work together, the communist manifesto, which achieved them their most popularity among the proletariat, and created the most problems with the government for the tw...
