Marx, Karl
1818-83 65 years
1818-83 65 years
Political/economic theorist of 19th century Europe,
famous for being known as the "father of
communism".
born Germany
father was a Jewish rabbi, lawyer, later baptized as a
Christian Protestant
married, Jenny, 6 children (3 died)
friend of Friedrich Engels, another socialist intellectual
wrote Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto,...
moved to France, Belgium, ended up in England.
famous for being known as the "father of
communism".
born Germany
father was a Jewish rabbi, lawyer, later baptized as a
Christian Protestant
married, Jenny, 6 children (3 died)
friend of Friedrich Engels, another socialist intellectual
wrote Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto,...
moved to France, Belgium, ended up in England.
| And then, after all these religions, came communism. Communism said that religion is just like opium: there is no meaning in it, the idea of God is absolutely false, it is all meaningless. Marx says communism is the real religion; one should believe in it and nothing else. The Bible, the Gita, the Koran are all wrong – Das Kapital is the real religious scripture and one should believe only in it. So a new belief began… --Osho The Inner Journey, ch. 6 |
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