PHI 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ludwig Feuerbach, Industrial Revolution
21 Apr 2016
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Why was marx so influential: because he believed that history had a major influence on the present and the future. Two important influences on marx: g. w. f hegel and ludwig feuerbach. Hegel: stages of history: beginning ---- end, where absolute knowledge is achieved and the full development of human potential. In each stage in history we have conflict and contradictory entries. Feuerbach states that history is material, meaning that the world we see is all that there is and the environment that we are in shapes the person that we"ll be. Marx believes that history is material: that humans make history but history also makes humans. A new communist society will be one that abides by this motto: from each according to his ability, to each according to his need. An accelerated pace of production caused the industrial revolution. Hobbes claims that society begins with the social contract that brings the like of morality and laws into play.
