Friedrich Engels & Karl Marx

The Purpose of Philosophy “The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways: the point however is to change it.”

Historical Materialism “The nature of individuals depends on the material conditions determining their production.”

Friedrich Engels Out of Engels’ research of how the working class lived in England came his most famous book, The Conditions of the Working Class in England in 1844.

The Communist Manifesto “The Communist Manifesto takes first place, along with Origin of Species, among the intellectual documents of the nineteenth century.”

Homo Faber (Man the Maker) “Our minds begin to take on the features of the objects we create. If we create in piecemeal, fragmented ways, we become piecemeal and fragmented ourselves.”

The Mode of Production “It is not the consciousness of men that determines their social being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.”

Follow the Money “The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling classes.”

The Class Struggle “The “haves” and the “have nots” are always in opposition, so these classes must be in perpetual conflict.”

Marx on Religion “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of an unspiritual situation. It is the opium of the people.”