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[[File:Karl Marx tomb, Highgate cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 2024195.jpg|right|thumb|The tomb of [[Karl Marx]] inscribed with the [[Theses on Feuerbach|11th thesis on Feuerbach]] on the bottom.]]'''Philosophy'''{{Efn|From Ancient Greek ''φιλοσοφία'' (''philosophía''), from ''φίλος'' and ''σοφία'', translating to "love of wisdom."<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/philosophy#Etymology "philosophy" English etymology]. ''Wiktionary''.</ref>}} is the study of things which seeks to understand their essence through deductive reasoning, finding their origins and causes and in this seeking to understand how to view the world and act accordingly. The philosophy of [[Marxism]] is [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>[[Joseph Stalin]] (1938). [https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1938/09.htm ''Dialectical and Historical Materialism''] at the Marxists Internet Archive.</ref> | [[File:Karl Marx tomb, Highgate cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 2024195.jpg|right|thumb|The tomb of [[Karl Marx]] inscribed with the [[Theses on Feuerbach|11th thesis on Feuerbach]] on the bottom.]]'''Philosophy'''{{Efn|From Ancient Greek ''φιλοσοφία'' (''philosophía''), from ''φίλος'' and ''σοφία'', translating to "love of wisdom."<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/philosophy#Etymology "philosophy" English etymology]. ''Wiktionary''.</ref>}} is the study of things which seeks to understand their essence through deductive reasoning, finding their origins and causes and in this seeking to understand how to view the world and act accordingly. The philosophy of [[Marxism]] is [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>[[Joseph Stalin]] (1938). [https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/stalin/works/1938/09.htm ''Dialectical and Historical Materialism''] at the Marxists Internet Archive.</ref> | ||
<blockquote>''"Philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it"'' —[[Karl Marx]], ''[[Theses on Feuerbach]]''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''"Philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it"'' —[[Karl Marx]], ''[[Theses on Feuerbach]]''</blockquote> | ||
{{Library-topic|Category:Library works on philosophy}} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Dialectical materialism]] | * [[Dialectical materialism]] | ||
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Philosophy[a] is the study of things which seeks to understand their essence through deductive reasoning, finding their origins and causes and in this seeking to understand how to view the world and act accordingly. The philosophy of Marxism is dialectical materialism.[2]
"Philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point, however, is to change it" —Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach
See also
References
- ↑ "philosophy" English etymology. Wiktionary.
- ↑ Joseph Stalin (1938). Dialectical and Historical Materialism at the Marxists Internet Archive.