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Karl Marx2

No thinker in the nineteenth century has perhaps had so direct, deliberate and powerful influence upon mankind as Karl Heinrich Marx. He was born on May 5, 1818 in the city of Trier in Rheinish Prussia. His family was Jewish, but converted to Protestanism in 1824. Marx was educated at the universities of Bonn, Berlin, and Jena. At the University of Berlin, Marx was influenced by the philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel and by a radical group called Young Hegelians. In 1841, Marx received a doctorate in philosophy. In 1842, shortly after contributing his first article to the Cologne newspaper, he became editor of the paper. His writings in the paper were criticizing contemporary political and social conditions, which embroiled him in controversy with the authorities. Because of this the publication of the paper had to be discontinued and Marx went to Paris. In Paris, Marx adopted communist beliefs and was ordered to leave Paris in 1845 because of his revolutionary activities.Marx then settled in Brussels and began organizing and directing a network of revolutionary groups called Communist Correspondence Committees. In 1847, these committees were consolidated to form the Communist League, and Marx and Engels (another philosopher who was Marx’s close collaborator) were commissioned to formulate a statement of principles. The program they submitted was called the Communist Manifesto. A manifesto is a document which proclaims publicly the central ideas of a group or individual (Brians 2). The opening words of the Manifesto are famous. “Marx taunts his adversaries, saying they are terrified of communism without understanding in the slightest what it is. Since communism is such a threat, it must be important, and worth understanding. Hence the Manifesto” (Brians 3). The Manifesto’s propositions are that:In every historical epoch the prevailing economic system by which the necessities of life are produced determi...

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