The best thing about Marx is he had a sense of humor: 'Since we are dealing with the Germans, who are devoid of premises, we must begin by stating the first premise of all human existence and, therefore, of all history, the premise, namely, that men must be in a position to live in order to be able to “make history.”'
@@NRWTx he is making fun of Germans for being overly focused on being pedantic about every minute detail in their philosophical undergoings. To satisfy them, in this excerpt Marx is stating something extremely obvious (i.e. man has to be alive to create history) to emphasize how ridiculous this German meticulousness can be.
Germany wasn’t a unified state until 1870. In the Hegel and early Marx era, “Germany” was a collective term for independent, autonomous regions/ city states.
The best thing about Marx is he had a sense of humor: 'Since we are dealing with the Germans, who are devoid of premises, we must begin by stating the first premise of all human existence and, therefore, of all history, the premise, namely, that men must be in a position to live in order to be able to “make history.”'
Dont get the joke
@@NRWTx he is making fun of Germans for being overly focused on being pedantic about every minute detail in their philosophical undergoings. To satisfy them, in this excerpt Marx is stating something extremely obvious (i.e. man has to be alive to create history) to emphasize how ridiculous this German meticulousness can be.
I am truly grateful that you started to upload more! Cannot wait for the second episode.
Thank you!
Great work as always, prof. Simon.
Great resource, really appreciate this, thank you!
Thank you profesor your lectures accompany me dayly
Thank you so much for this!
Algorithm served me this video. Glad to have found it, it's a great summary.
On another note, I hike in the Shenandoah National park in Virginia a few times a year, great times, thank goodness for the human capital!
We are in the golden era of Cushing rn!! 🎉
Germany wasn’t a unified state until 1870. In the Hegel and early Marx era, “Germany” was a collective term for independent, autonomous regions/ city states.
excellent
exciting
There are a lot of interesting things in marx. I wish he was not so demonised and people really took a chance to read the godamn thing.
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Lanarkshire was then and is now, in Scotland. Not England. England is not “Britain” nor is “England” the UK.
Oops - that is fairly unforgivable on my part.
@@SimonCushing Robert Owen was Welsh as well :)
@@InfinityOf6 With a name like "Owen" that tracks
YAY LETS POST THE DEMONIC.
WHY DONT YOU POST THE PLAY HE WROTE MATE?
WHILE YOURE AT IT
Lmoa
Stop watching Peterson, he is bad for your brain