Imran Khan
Section 8
First Installment
Karl Marx lived from 1818-1883 and was a German philosopher
that was known for being the founder of communism. Today I would like to
discuss a little bit about his life and his works. Marx started out in his
early days by studying law in Bonn and Berlin. Afterwards he went on to writing
a PhD thesis in Philosophy comparing two very popular philosophers Democritus
and Epicurus. He had really hoped to have some type of academic job, but he had
become to radical with his thinking and turned to journalism. He quickly became
involved with political and social issues and developed many of his early
writings such as ‘On the Jewish Question’ or Philosophical Manuscripts. All of
his early writings were never published until only after his death. The German Ideology was also one of the
pieces that were not published in his lifetime, but in this writing we can
start to see his develop his theory of history. Of all of his writings the most
popular was probably The Communist
Manifesto, which was jointly written with Engels. This piece of work was
published with great excitement from the two as he returned to Germany from
being exiled. He returned with hopes to take part in the revolution of 1848.
This revolution had failed for Marx so, he moved to London where he lived and
concentrated on economics for the rest of his life. He then published some more
writings with the help of Engels such as Contribution
to a Critique of Political Economy. All of his works that I have mentioned
above are only a small fragment of everything he has written. At the end of his
lifetime he will have completed around a 100 volumes, but the ones I have
mentioned are the most important to the role he played in philosophy. I will
leave you guys with a quick link to a video you can watch to learn more about
him.
Sources: http://www.biography.com/people/karl-marx-9401219
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Marx
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.