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Karl Marx
(5. 5. 1818 - 14. 3. 1883)- Profession: Philosopher
Karl Heinrich Marx (German pronunciation: [kaːɐ̯l ˈhaɪnʀɪç ˈmaːɐ̯ks], 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Marx's work in economics laid the basis for the current understanding of labour and its relation to capital, and has influenced much of subsequent economic thought. He published numerous books during his lifetime, the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867–1894).
Karl Marx said
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Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.
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Religion is the opium of the masses.
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Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.
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Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
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The product of mental labor - science - always stands far below its value, because the labor-time necessary to reproduce it has no relation at all to the labor-time required for its original production.
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Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science.
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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
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The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways: the point, however, is to change it.
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Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
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History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.
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