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Single Idea 5277
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness
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Full Idea
Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life.
Gist of Idea
Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life
Source
K Marx / F Engels (The German Ideology [1846], §1.A)
Book Ref
Marx,K./Engels,F.: 'The German Ideology', ed/tr. Arthur,C.J. [Lawrence and Wishart 1985], p.47
A Reaction
This slogan is the heart of Marxism. It begs the obvious question of what determines (social) life? Aristotle is at least partly right - that some activities and social organisation are 'unnatural', going against the grain of the human 'given'.
Related Ideas
Idea 22792
Individuals attain their right by discovering their self-consciousness in institutions [Hegel]
Idea 23872
'Society determines consciousness' is contradictory; society only exists in minds [Weil on Marx/Engels]
The
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from 'The German Ideology'
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23872
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'Society determines consciousness' is contradictory; society only exists in minds
[Weil on Marx/Engels]
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5277
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Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life
[Marx/Engels]
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5278
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Philosophy is no more than abstractions concerning observations of human historical development
[Marx/Engels]
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5280
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Language co-exists with consciousness, and makes it social
[Marx/Engels]
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5276
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The nature of an individual coincides with what they produce and how they produce it
[Marx/Engels]
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5274
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Young Hegelians proposed changing our present consciousness for liberating critical consciousness
[Marx/Engels]
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5273
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Young Hegelians think consciousness is chains for men, where old Hegelians think it the bond of society
[Marx/Engels]
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5283
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In communist society we are not trapped in one activity, but can act freely
[Marx/Engels]
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5282
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If the common interest imposes on the individual, his actions become alienated and enslaving
[Marx/Engels]
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5275
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Men distinguish themselves from animals when they begin to produce their means of subsistence
[Marx/Engels]
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5281
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Consciousness is a social product
[Marx/Engels]
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5284
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Communism abolishes private property and dissolves the powerful world market
[Marx/Engels]
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5279
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Human history must always be studied in relation to industry and exchange
[Marx/Engels]
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5286
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Most historians are trapped in the illusions of their own epoch
[Marx/Engels]
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5285
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Slavery cannot be abolished without the steam-engine
[Marx/Engels]
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5288
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The class controlling material production also controls mental production
[Marx/Engels]
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5290
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The revolutionary class is opposed to 'class', and represents all of society
[Marx/Engels]
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5289
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When aristocracy or the bourgeoisie dominate, certain values dominate with them
[Marx/Engels]
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5287
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Philosophical problems are resolved into empirical facts
[Marx/Engels]
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5291
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The law says private property is the result of the general will
[Marx/Engels]
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5294
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To assert themselves as individuals, the proletarians must overthrow the State
[Marx/Engels]
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5292
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Individuals are mutually hostile unless they group together in competition with other groups
[Marx/Engels]
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5293
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Only in community are people able to cultivate their gifts, and therefore be free
[Marx/Engels]
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21992
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Producing their own subsistence distinguishes men from animals
[Marx/Engels]
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