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'''Karl Marx''' was a 19th century [[Germany|German]] philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, and revolutionary. He is most famous for his collaboration with [[Friedrich Engels]] in developing the theory of [[Dialectical Materialism]], which forms the basis of the ideology now known as [[Marxism]] | '''Karl Marx''' was a 19th century [[Germany|German]] philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, and revolutionary. He is most famous for his collaboration with [[Friedrich Engels]] in developing the theory of [[Dialectical Materialism]], which forms the basis of the ideology now known as [[Marxism]]. | ||
Marx was born in Trier, [[Germany]] in 1818 to a middle-class Jewish family. As a child his father trained him in 18th century poetry, and as a young man he aspired to be a poet. Though he gave up on this prospect, he never lost his love of the art. Every year he read through the works of Aeschylus in Greek, and his literary background is clear both in his references (Goethe, Heine, Shakespeare, among others) and his own electric prose.<ref>William M. Johnson, 1967, [https://annas-archive.org/scidb/10.2307/2708421?scidb_verified=1 Karl Marx's Verse of 1836-1837 as a foreshadowing of his early Philosophy]</ref> He studied law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, where he became involved in radical political circles. After completing his studies, Marx worked as a journalist and became increasingly interested in the plight of the [[working class]]. He moved to Paris in 1843, where he met Engels, and the two began their collaboration. | Marx was born in Trier, [[Germany]] in 1818 to a middle-class Jewish family. As a child his father trained him in 18th century poetry, and as a young man he aspired to be a poet. Though he gave up on this prospect, he never lost his love of the art. Every year he read through the works of Aeschylus in Greek, and his literary background is clear both in his references (Goethe, Heine, Shakespeare, among others) and his own electric prose.<ref>William M. Johnson, 1967, [https://annas-archive.org/scidb/10.2307/2708421?scidb_verified=1 Karl Marx's Verse of 1836-1837 as a foreshadowing of his early Philosophy]</ref> He studied law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, where he became involved in radical political circles. After completing his studies, Marx worked as a journalist and became increasingly interested in the plight of the [[working class]]. He moved to Paris in 1843, where he met Engels, and the two began their collaboration. | ||