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“True virtue consists in the care for the common weal, it can only flourish where the commonwealth at the same time advances the interests of the individual, where he cannot damage the commonwealth without damaging himself.”

Quote by Karl Kautsky

Book:Ethics and the Materialist Conception of History

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Ethics and the Materialist Conception of History

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Karl Kautsky was a prominent philosopher, born on October 16, 1854, and died on October 17, 1938. His ideas had a profound impact on the development of Marxist theory. more

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