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Difference between the Democritean and Epicurean philosophy of nature |
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| Author | Karl Marx |
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| Written in | 1840 and March 1841 |
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| First published | 1902 |
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| Type | Book |
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Background
Dedication
Foreword
Part One: Difference between the Democritean and Epicurean philosophy of nature in general
I. The Subject of the Treatise
II. Opinions on the Relationship Between Democritean and Epicurean Physics
III. Difficulties Concerning the Identity of the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature
IV. General Difference in Principle Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature
V. Result
Part Two: Difference between the Democritean and Epicurean philosophy of nature in detail
Chapter One: The Declination of the Atom from the Straight Line
Chapter Two: The Qualities of the Atom
Chapter Three. "Atouoi apxi and atoua otolxeia"
Chapter Four: Time
Chapter Five: The Meteors
Appendix: Critique of Plutarch's polemic against the theology of Epicurus
I. The Relationship of Man to God
1. Fear and the Being Beyond
2. Cult and the Individual
3. Providence and the Degraded God
II. Individual Immortality
1. On Religious Feudalism. The Hell of the Populace
2. The Longing of the Multitude
3. The Pride of the Elected
