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''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#Everything is connected (law of reciprocal action and universal connection)|Control questions]]''


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''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#Everything is changing (law of universal change and of the continuous development)|Control questions]]''


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''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The struggle of opposites (i)|Control questions]]''


==== The struggle of opposites (ii) ====
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===== Control issues =====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The struggle of opposites (ii)|Control questions]]''


==== The struggle of opposites (iii) ====
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===== Control issues =====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The struggle of opposites (iii)|Control questions]]''


== Study of marxist philosophical materialism ==
== Study of marxist philosophical materialism ==
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=== What is the materialistic conception of the world? ===
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==== i. the two meanings of materialism ====
==== The two meanings of materialism ====


==== ii. matter and spirit ====
==== Matter and spirit ====


==== iii. the fundamental problem of philosophy ====
==== The fundamental problem of philosophy ====


==== iv. the two meanings of the word "idealism". ====
==== The two meanings of the word "idealism". ====


==== v. materialism and idealism are opposed in practice as well as in theory ====
==== Materialism and idealism are opposed in practice as well as in theory ====


==== vi. Marxist philosophical materialism is distinguished by three fundamental features ====
==== Marxist philosophical materialism is distinguished by three fundamental features ====


==== control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#What is the materialistic conception of the world?|Control questions]]''


=== Traits of marxist materialism ===
=== Traits of marxist materialism ===
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===== Conclusion =====
===== Conclusion =====


===== Control issues =====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The materiality of the world|Control questions]]''


==== Matter is prior to consciousness ====
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===== Conclusion =====
===== Conclusion =====


===== Control issues =====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#Matter is prior to consciousness|Control questions]]''


==== The world is knowable ====
==== The world is knowable ====
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===== The union of theory and practice =====
===== The union of theory and practice =====


===== Control issues =====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The world is knowable|Control questions]]''


== Dialectical materialism and the spiritual life of society ==
== Dialectical materialism and the spiritual life of society ==
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==== Conclusion ====
==== Conclusion ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The spiritual life of the society is a reflection of its material life|Control questions]]''


=== The role and importance of ideas in social life ===
=== The role and importance of ideas in social life ===
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==== Conclusion ====
==== Conclusion ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The role and importance of ideas in social life|Control questions]]''


=== The formation, importance and role of scientific socialism ===
=== The formation, importance and role of scientific socialism ===
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==== Scientific socialism ====
==== Scientific socialism ====


===== a) Its evolution =====
===== Its evolution =====


===== b) Its traits =====
===== Its traits =====


==== The role of scientific socialism ====
==== The role of scientific socialism ====
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==== Conclusion ====
==== Conclusion ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The formation, importance and role of scientific socialism|Control questions]]''


== Historical materialism ==
== Historical materialism ==
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==== Conclusion ====
==== Conclusion ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#Production: productive forces and production relationships|Control questions]]''


=== The law of necessary correspondence between the relations of production and the character of the productive forces ===
=== The law of necessary correspondence between the relations of production and the character of the productive forces ===
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==== The role of human action ====
==== The role of human action ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The law of necessary correspondence between the relations of production and the character of the productive forces|Control questions]]''


=== The class struggle before capitalism ===
=== The class struggle before capitalism ===
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==== The development of the bourgeoisie ====
==== The development of the bourgeoisie ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The class struggle before capitalism|Control questions]]''


=== The contradictions of capitalist society ===
=== The contradictions of capitalist society ===
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==== Conclusion ====
==== Conclusion ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The contradictions of capitalist society|Control questions]]''


=== The superstructure ===
=== The superstructure ===
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==== Conclusion ====
==== Conclusion ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The superstructure|Control questions]]''


=== Socialism ===
=== Socialism ===
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==== Conclusion ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#Socialism|Control questions]]''


=== From socialism to communism ===
=== From socialism to communism ===
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==== Conclusion ====
==== Conclusion ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#From socialism to communism|Control questions]]''


== The materialist theory of state and nation ==
== The materialist theory of state and nation ==
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===== The proletariat and freedoms =====
===== The proletariat and freedoms =====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The state|Control questions]]''


=== The nation (i) ===
=== The nation (i) ===
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===== Proletarian patriotism =====
===== Proletarian patriotism =====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The nation (i)|Control questions]]''


=== The nation (ii) ===
=== The nation (ii) ===
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==== Notes on Alsace and the Moselle ====
==== Notes on Alsace and the Moselle ====


==== Control issues ====
''See: [[Library:Fundamental principles of philosophy/Control questions#The nation (ii)|Control questions]]''

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Foreword

Introduction

What is philosophy?

Why do we need to study philosophy?

What philosophy should we study?

A scientific philosophy: dialectical materialism

A revolutionary philosophy: the philosophy of the proletariat

Conclusion: unity of theory and practice

Study of the marxist dialectical method

The dialectical method

What is a method?

The metaphysical method

Its characters
Its historical significance

The dialectical method

Its characters
Its historical background

Formal logic and dialectical method

Traits of dialectics

Everything is connected (law of reciprocal action and universal connection)

An example
The first trait of dialectics
In nature
In society
Conclusion

See: Control questions

Everything is changing (law of universal change and of the continuous development)

An example
The second trait of dialectics
In nature
In society
Conclusion

See: Control questions

Qualitative change

An example
The third trait of dialectics
In nature
In society
Conclusion
Remarks

See: Control questions

The struggle of opposites (i)

The struggle of opposites is the driving force behind any change. An example
The fourth trait of the dialectic
Features of the contradiction
The contradiction is internal
The contradiction is innovative
Unity of opposites

See: Control questions

The struggle of opposites (ii)

Universality of contradiction
In nature
In the company
Antagonism and contradiction
The struggle of opposites, the driving force of thought

See: Control questions

The struggle of opposites (iii)

The specific nature of the contradiction
Universal and specific are inseparable
Main contradiction, secondary contradictions
Main and secondary aspects of the contradiction
General conclusion on contradiction – marxism versus proudhonism

See: Control questions

Study of marxist philosophical materialism

What is the materialistic conception of the world?

The two meanings of materialism

Matter and spirit

The fundamental problem of philosophy

The two meanings of the word "idealism".

Materialism and idealism are opposed in practice as well as in theory

Marxist philosophical materialism is distinguished by three fundamental features

See: Control questions

Traits of marxist materialism

The materiality of the world

The idealistic attitude
The marxist conception
Matter and movement
Natural necessity
Marxism and religion
Conclusion

See: Control questions

Matter is prior to consciousness

New idealistic subterfuge
The marxist conception
Objectivity of being
Consciousness, reflection of the being
Thought and the brain
Two degrees of knowledge
Conclusion

See: Control questions

The world is knowable

The ultimate refuge of idealism
The marxist conception
The role of practice
A falsification of the marxist notion of practice
Relative and absolute truth
The union of theory and practice

See: Control questions

Dialectical materialism and the spiritual life of society

The spiritual life of the society is a reflection of its material life

An example

Idealistic "explanations

The dialectical materialist thesis

The material life of the society is an objective reality existing independently of the conscience and the will not only of individuals, but of man in general
The spiritual life of the society is a reflection of the objective reality of the society
How new ideas and social theories emerge
The issue of survivorship

Conclusion

See: Control questions

The role and importance of ideas in social life

An example

The error of vulgar materialism

The dialectical materialist thesis

It is the material origin of the ideas which founds their power
Old and new ideas
New ideas have an organizing, mobilizing and transforming action

Conclusion

See: Control questions

The formation, importance and role of scientific socialism

The three sources of marxism

German philosophy
English political economy
French socialism

Utopian socialism

Scientific socialism

Its evolution
Its traits

The role of scientific socialism

The fusion of socialism and the labor movement
Necessity of the communist party: criticism of "spontaneity"

Conclusion

See: Control questions

Historical materialism

Production: productive forces and production relationships

The conditions of the material life of society

The geographical environment
The population

The mode of production

Productive forces
Relations of production

Ownership of the means of production

The change in modes of production, a key to the history of society

Conclusion

See: Control questions

The law of necessary correspondence between the relations of production and the character of the productive forces

Productive forces are the most mobile and revolutionary element of production

The correspondent action of relations of production on the productive forces

The necessary law of correspondence

The role of human action

See: Control questions

The class struggle before capitalism

The origins of the society

The emergence of classes

Slave and feudal societies

The development of the bourgeoisie

See: Control questions

The contradictions of capitalist society

Capitalist relations of production: their specific contradiction

The law of correspondence necessary in capitalist society

The correspondence between capitalist relations of production and the character of the productive forces
The conflict between capitalist relations of production and the character of the productive forces

The class struggle of the proletariat as a method for resolving the contradiction between the relations of production and the productive forces

Conclusion

See: Control questions

The superstructure

What is the superstructure?

The superstructure is generated by the base

The superstructure is an active force

The superstructure is not directly related to production

Conclusion

See: Control questions

Socialism

Distribution and production

The economic basis of socialism

Objective conditions for the transition to socialism

The fundamental law of socialism

Subjective conditions of the transition to socialism and its development

Conclusion

See: Control questions

From socialism to communism

The first phase of communist society

The upper phase of communist society

Productive forces and production relations under socialism

The conditions of the transition from socialism to communism

Conclusion

See: Control questions

The materialist theory of state and nation

The state

The state and the "public interest"

The state, a product of irreconcilable class antagonisms

Origin of the state
The historical role of the state

The content and form of the state

The social content of the state
The form of the state

Class struggle and freedom

The bourgeoisie and "freedom"
The proletariat and freedoms

See: Control questions

The nation (i)

Nation and social class

The scientific conception of the nation

What is a nation?
Some mistakes to avoid

The bourgeoisie and the nation

The formation of bourgeois nations
The bourgeoisie at the head of the nation
The bourgeoisie traitor to the nation

The working class and the nation

Proletarian internationalism
Proletarian patriotism

See: Control questions

The nation (ii)

The colonial question: the right of nations to self-determination

Socialist nations

National question and socialist revolution

Character of socialist nations

The future of nations

Notes on Alsace and the Moselle

See: Control questions