The highest point reached by contemplative [anschauende] materialism, that is, materialism which does not comprehend sensuousness as practical activity, is the contemplation of single individuals and of civil society [bürgerlichen Gesellschaft]. 10
The standpoint of the old materialism is civil society; the standpoint of the new is human society or social humanity.
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Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.
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Date: 2011-12-09 01:45 am (UTC)The highest point reached by contemplative [anschauende] materialism, that is, materialism which does not comprehend sensuousness as practical activity, is the contemplation of single individuals and of civil society [bürgerlichen Gesellschaft].
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The standpoint of the old materialism is civil society; the standpoint of the new is human society or social humanity.
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Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it.