Full text of Karl Marx's Doctoral Thesis on the Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature

At Berlin Marx had joined, and immediately be-come a leader in, a group of young instructors whose most prominent member was Bruno Bauer. The government viewed the unorthodox Bauer with …

Jul 1, 2006 · A work of incalculable historical and cultural significance, The First Writings of Karl Marx is the first complete single-volume edition of Karl Marx’s doctoral dissertation to appear in English.

The form of this treatise would have been on the one hand more strictly scientific, on the other hand in many of its arguments less pedantic, if its primary purpose had not been that of a doctor's dissertation.

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.

Aug 31, 2011 · The document is a philosophical treatise by Karl Marx, written between 1840 and 1841, exploring the differences between Democritean and Epicurean philosophies of nature. It serves as a …

This essay argues that Marx’s doctoral dissertation presents a Hegelian reading of the natural philosophies of Epicurus and Democritus which serves as important evidence of Marx’s subscription …

Contents: According to Marx's original Table of Contents Dedication Foreword Part One: Difference between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature in General I. The Subject of the …

Dec 1, 2006 · As we have seen, Marx's analysis of the atom prepares the way for a dialectical re-consideration of nature as a whole. It suggests that the physical universe should be understood as …

Completed in 1841 , the dissertation, Diff erenz der demokritischen und epikureischen Naturphilosophie, ~is relevant , not only for studies of Democritus and Epicurus, but for the debate over the question of …