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Ideas for 'Fragments of Democritus', 'Theses on Feuerbach' and 'Laws in Nature'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

5300	Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it [Marx]
	Full Idea: The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.
	From: Karl Marx (Theses on Feuerbach [1846], §XI)
	A reaction: The 'point' of what? Personally I am more with Aristotle - that the aim is to create a society in which we can all aspire to contemplate like gods. As an interim statement of aim, though, one must respect Marx. But was he a philosopher?

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

9408	Science studies phenomena, but only metaphysics tells us what exists [Mumford]
	Full Idea: Science deals with the phenomena, ..but it is metaphysics, and only metaphysics, that tells us what ultimately exists.
	From: Stephen Mumford (Laws in Nature [2004], 01.2)