Full Idea
Every profound philosophical problem is resolved quite simply into an empirical fact.
Gist of Idea
Philosophical problems are resolved into empirical facts
Source
K Marx / F Engels (The German Ideology [1846], §1.B)
Book Reference
Marx,K./Engels,F.: 'The German Ideology', ed/tr. Arthur,C.J. [Lawrence and Wishart 1985], p.62
A Reaction
This shows that empirical accounts of metaphysics are not just a branch of British empiricism, but are a basic fact of any materialist view of the world. The influence of David Hume, however, hovers behind this Marxist doctrine.