SOAN 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Critical Philosophy, Bourgeoisie
11 Feb 2013
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Chapter 13 - the philosophical orientations of karl marx. Comets positive philosophy, as we have seen, was a conscious attempt to discredit and repudiate what he had termed negative philosophy. The negative -critical philosophy that emerged and took shape with the enlightenment had proved itself a formidable weapon in the hands of the rising bourgeoisie in its struggle against the older classes of the theological - feudal order. Mans essential powers - his latent and potential human powers - are unlimited in their capacity for development. Religion is an opium because it so often leads people to seek meaning and happiness not in the human world but in the divine here after.
