Karl Marx Quotes on Knowledge
Karl Marx was a 19th-century German philosopher, economist, historian, and revolutionary socialist whose work founded the tradition of thought that bears his name. This page collects quotes attributed to Karl Marx on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.”
Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretirt; es kommt aber darauf an, sie zu verändern. -
Attributed to Karl Marx:
“The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas.”
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“Thus heaven I’ve forfeited, I know it full well. My soul, once true to God , is chosen for hell .”
The Pale Maiden” (1837) ballad -
“The Pale Maiden” (1837) ballad”
Thus heaven I’ve forfeited, I know it full well. My soul, once true to God , is chosen for hell . -
“With disdain I will throw my gauntlet”
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“As quoted in The Communist Manifesto (1848), p.2”
The history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles. -
“As quoted in the Communist Manifesto (1848) p. 7”
The executive of the modern State is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie. -
“And your education ! Is not that also social, and determined by the social conditions under which you educate, by the intervention, direct or indirect, of society, by means of schools, etc.? The Communists have not invented the intervention of society in education; they do but seek to alter the character of that intervention, and to rescue education from the influence of the ruling class.”
As quoted in The Communist Manifesto (21 February 1848), p19-20. -
“As quoted in The Communist Manifesto (21 February 1848), p19-20.”
And your education ! Is not that also social, and determined by the social conditions under which you educate, by the intervention, direct or indirect, of society, by means of schools, etc.? The Communists have not invented the intervention of society in education; they do but seek to alter the character of that intervention, and to rescue education from the influence of the ruling class.