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Karl Marx (May 5, 1818 - March 14, 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, political theorist, and revolutionary. He is one of the founders of Marxism and his works, including 'Das Kapital' and 'The Communist Manifesto', have had a profound impact on the world.

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“History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.”

People Men Made Common Numbers He Man Common Good Acclaim Good Experiences

Book:Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works

Source: Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works

“Language is as old as consciousness, language is practical, real consciousness that exists for other men as well, and only therefore does it also exist for me; language, like consciousness, only arises from the need, the necessity, of intercourse with other men.”

Men Needs Wells Doe Real Language Consciousness Practicals Arise Intercourse

Book:Karl Marx: A Reader

Source: Karl Marx: A Reader

“The working men have no country. We cannot take away from them what they have not got”

Men Country Working Man

Book:The Karl Marx Library: On revolution

Source: The Karl Marx Library: On revolution

“Capitalist agricultural production prevents the return to the soil of its elements consumed by man in the form of food and clothing; it therefore violates the conditions necessary to lasting fertility of the soil. By this action it destroys at the same time the health of the town labourer and the intellectual life of the rural labourer.”

Men Action Form Conditions Return Elements Intellectual Towns Productions Soil Lasting Clothings Capitalist Farming Consumed Fertility Intellectual Life Labourers

Book:Delphi Collected Works of Karl Marx (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Collected Works of Karl Marx (Illustrated)

“Money is the alienated essence of man's work and existence; this essence dominates him and he worships it.”

Men Money Existence Worship Essence

Book:Music and Marx: Ideas, Practice, Politics

Source: Music and Marx: Ideas, Practice, Politics

“Just as the savage must wrestle with nature to satisfy his wants, to maintain and reproduce life, so must civilised man, and he must do so in all social formations and under all possible modes of production.”

People Men Want Social Productions Savages Formation Civilised

Book:Capital: An Abridged Edition

Source: Capital: An Abridged Edition

About the Author

Born: May 5, 1818
Died: March 14, 1883
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 546

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The Communist ManifestoRelated source material

Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist ProductionRelated source material

Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected WorksRelated source material

Karl Marx: Selected WritingsRelated source material

Wage-Labour and Capital & Value, Price and ProfitRelated source material

Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economyRelated source material

The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political DocumentRelated source material

Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Volume 1Related source material

Karl Marx: A ReaderRelated source material

The Communist Manifesto in Plain and Simple EnglishRelated source material

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