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Karl Marx
Karl MarxPhilosophy, Political Economy, SociologyGerman1818–1883
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.
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Life and Thought
Karl Heinrich Marx (1818–1883) was a German philosopher and economist, recognized as the founder of historical materialism and one of the fathers of modern social science. His most important work is Capital, a critique of the political economy of capitalism.
