It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if it were an individual person - its own ends. History is nothing but the activity of men in pursuit of their ends.

Quote by Karl Marx

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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

A specter is haunting Europe - the specter of communism.

Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the...

Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the...

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

The social principles of Christianity preach cowardice, self-contempt, abasement, submission, humility, in a word all...

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and...

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser

While the miser is merely a capitalist gone mad, the capitalist is a rational miser

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he...

The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and...

All that philosophers have done is interpret the world in different ways. It is our...

All that philosophers have done is interpret the world in different ways. It is our...

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our...

On a level plain, simple mounds look like hills; and the insipid flatness of our...

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not...

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not...

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a...

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a...

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings...

A commodity appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing. But its analysis brings...