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Karl Marx

Born

in Trier, kingdom of Prussia

May 05, 1818

Died

March 14, 1883

Genre

Philosophy, Politics, Economics

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With the help of Friedrich Engels, German philosopher and revolutionary Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867-1894), works, which explain historical development in terms of the interaction of contradictory economic forces, form many regimes, and profoundly influenced the social sciences.

German social theorist Friedrich Engels collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist Manifesto in 1848 and on numerous other works.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin in London opposed Communism of Karl Marx with his antithetical anarchy.

Works of Jacques Martin Barzun include Darwin, Marx, Wagner (1941).

The Prussian kingdom introduced a prohibition on Jews, practicing law; in response, a man converted to Protestantism ...more

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	The Communist Manifesto 3.66 avg rating — 171,658 ratings — published 1848 — 1693 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Das Kapital by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (Editor), Serge L. Levitsky (Introduction) 4.08 avg rating — 21,655 ratings — published 1867 — 619 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marx-Engels Reader by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Robert C. Tucker (Editor) 3.98 avg rating — 6,751 ratings — published 1971 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte 4.19 avg rating — 5,086 ratings — published 1852 — 416 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels 4.11 avg rating — 4,765 ratings — published 1846 — 135 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 by Karl Marx, Fredrick Engels, Martin Milligan (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 4,041 ratings — published 1844 — 150 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critique of the Gotha Program 4.27 avg rating — 2,496 ratings — published 1875 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and Profit 4.34 avg rating — 2,441 ratings — published 1849 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wage Labour and Capital by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels (Introduction) 4.23 avg rating — 2,421 ratings — published 1891 — 97 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 2 by Karl Marx, David Fernbach (Translator), Ernest Mandel (Introduction) 4.09 avg rating — 2,007 ratings — published 1887 — 255 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works (50 books)
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Marx-Engels-Werke (47 books)
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4.09 avg rating — 24,956 ratings

Das Kapital Manga (2 books)
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3.81 avg rating — 665 ratings

Political Writings (3 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 185 ratings

The Classics of Marxism (2 books)
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Quotes by Karl Marx (?)

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.

[These words are also inscribed upon his grave]”
― Karl Marx, Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

tags: action, change, ideology, philosophy, resistance, struggle

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“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”
― Karl Marx

tags: duopoly, oppression, politics, representation, repression, society

1410 likes

“Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.”
― Karl Marx

tags: genuinely-care

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Which one is your favorite philosopher?

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Friedrich Nietzsche

62 votes, 11.4%

Albert Camus

46 votes, 8.5%

Ludwig Wittgenstein

26 votes, 4.8%

Plato

25 votes, 4.6%

Soren Kierkegaard

25 votes, 4.6%

Aristotle

24 votes, 4.4%

Karl Marx

24 votes, 4.4%

Immanuel Kant

21 votes, 3.9%

Jean-Paul Sartre

21 votes, 3.9%

cumdump (write-in)

20 votes, 3.7%

Marcus Aurelius

19 votes, 3.5%

Simone de Beauvoir

19 votes, 3.5%

Gilles Deleuze (write-in)

16 votes, 2.9%

Thomas Aquinas

15 votes, 2.8%

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

15 votes, 2.8%

Arthur Schopenhauer (write-in)

14 votes, 2.6%

Augustine of Hippo

12 votes, 2.2%

René Descartes

12 votes, 2.2%

yes (write-in)

12 votes, 2.2%

spinoza (write-in)

12 votes, 2.2%

Jordan Peterson (write-in)

11 votes, 2.0%

David Hume

8 votes, 1.5%

José Ortega y Gasset

8 votes, 1.5%

Olavo de Carvalho

7 votes, 1.3%

Hannah Arendt

7 votes, 1.3%

Martin Heidegger

7 votes, 1.3%

Julius Evola (write-in)

7 votes, 1.3%

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

6 votes, 1.1%

Maurice Merleau-Ponty (write-in)

5 votes, 0.9%

Epictetus (write-in)

5 votes, 0.9%

Mário Ferreira dos Santos

4 votes, 0.7%

Nicholas Sparks (write-in)

4 votes, 0.7%

Ibn Sina (write-in)

4 votes, 0.7%

Socrates (write-in)

4 votes, 0.7%

Roger Scruton

3 votes, 0.6%

Simone Weil (write-in)

3 votes, 0.6%

Kosov (write-in)

3 votes, 0.6%

Eric Voegelin

2 votes, 0.4%

Hypatia (write-in)

2 votes, 0.4%

Michael Oakeshott

1 vote, 0.2%

Serb (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

wine (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

John Dewey (write-in)

1 vote, 0.2%

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