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Philosophy is a broad range of exercises in thought with the ultimate goal of to unmasking parts of the world. As Marx put it, "It is the immediate ''task of philosophy'', which is in the service of history, to unmask self-estrangement in its ''unholy forms'' once the ''holy form'' of human self-estrangement has been unmasked".<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=Karl Marx|year=1843|title=A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right|chapter=Introduction}}</ref>
'''Philosophy''' is a broad range of exercises in thought with the ultimate goal of to unmasking parts of the world. According to [[Karl Marx|Marx]], "It is the immediate ''task of philosophy'', which is in the service of history, to unmask self-estrangement in its ''unholy forms'' once the ''holy form'' of human self-estrangement has been unmasked".<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=Karl Marx|year=1843|title=A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right|chapter=Introduction}}</ref>


Hegel described philosophy as the science that "is the unity of art and religion" and as "cognition of the necessity in the content of the absolute picture-idea".<ref>{{Citation|author=G.W.F. Hegel|year=1971|title=Hegel's encyclopedia of the philosophical sciences translated by William Wallace|chapter=Absolute Mind|section=Philosophy|page=302}}</ref>
[[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]] described philosophy as the science that "is the unity of art and [[religion]]" and as "cognition of the necessity in the content of the absolute picture-idea".<ref>{{Citation|author=G.W.F. Hegel|year=1971|title=Hegel's encyclopedia of the philosophical sciences translated by William Wallace|chapter=Absolute Mind|section=Philosophy|page=302}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Hamid Alizadeh|newspaper=Socialist Appeal|title=In Defence of Hegel|date=2020-08-27|url=https://www.socialist.net/in-defence-of-hegel.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201032314/https://www.socialist.net/in-defence-of-hegel.htm|archive-date=2022-12-01}}</ref>


== Ancient philosophy ==
== Ancient philosophy ==
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=== Greek philosophy ===
=== Greek philosophy ===


===== Plato =====
==== Plato ====


===== Stoicism =====
==== Stoicism ====


=== Chinese philosophy ===
=== Chinese philosophy ===


===== Confucius =====
==== Confucius ====


== Bourgeois philosophy ==
== Bourgeois philosophy ==


=== British Philosophy ===
=== Rationalism ===
The [[Rationalism|rationalists]], led by [[René Descartes]], criticized [[feudalism]] and the [[Catholic Church]]. He coined the phrase "I think therefore I am" and believed everything, including religion, should follow human reason. His ideas were progressive even though they relied on deductive reasoning instead of objective reality.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=Hamid Alizadeh|newspaper=Socialist Appeal|title=In Defence of Hegel|date=2020-08-27|url=https://www.socialist.net/in-defence-of-hegel.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201032314/https://www.socialist.net/in-defence-of-hegel.htm|archive-date=2022-12-01}}</ref>


=== German Philosophy ===
=== Empiricism ===
[[David Hume]] and the [[Empiricism|empiricists]] believed experience from the senses was the only source of knowledge. They thought knowledge was merely a collection of facts that could not be generalized or processed.<ref name=":1" />


===== Hegel =====
=== German idealism ===


== Proletarian philosophy ==
== Proletarian philosophy ==


===== Marx and Engels =====
=== Marx and Engels ===
Marx once stated that "As philosophy finds its material weapon in the proletariat, so the proletariat finds its ''spiritual'' weapon in philosophy."<ref name=":0" /> It was Marx who first brought philosophy from the bourgeois world into the proletarian side, and fashioned it into a weapon for the proletariat.
Marx once stated that "As philosophy finds its material weapon in the [[proletariat]], so the proletariat finds its ''spiritual'' weapon in philosophy."<ref name=":0" /> It was Marx who first brought philosophy from the bourgeois world into the proletarian side, and fashioned it into a weapon for the proletariat.


Of philosophy Marx states that "You cannot abolish philosophy without making it a reality"<ref name=":0" />, and perhaps more famously that "The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it. "<ref>{{Citation|author=Karl Marx|year=1845|title=Theses On Feuerbach}}</ref>, marking the distinction between his and bourgeois philosophy.
Of philosophy Marx states that "You cannot abolish philosophy without making it a reality"<ref name=":0" />, and perhaps more famously that "The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it",<ref>{{Citation|author=Karl Marx|year=1845|title=Theses On Feuerbach}}</ref> marking the distinction between proletarian and bourgeois philosophy.


===== Lenin =====
=== Lenin ===


===== Mao =====
=== Mao ===


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:25, 26 July 2023

Philosophy is a broad range of exercises in thought with the ultimate goal of to unmasking parts of the world. According to Marx, "It is the immediate task of philosophy, which is in the service of history, to unmask self-estrangement in its unholy forms once the holy form of human self-estrangement has been unmasked".[1]

Hegel described philosophy as the science that "is the unity of art and religion" and as "cognition of the necessity in the content of the absolute picture-idea".[2][3]

Ancient philosophy

Greek philosophy

Plato

Stoicism

Chinese philosophy

Confucius

Bourgeois philosophy

Rationalism

The rationalists, led by René Descartes, criticized feudalism and the Catholic Church. He coined the phrase "I think therefore I am" and believed everything, including religion, should follow human reason. His ideas were progressive even though they relied on deductive reasoning instead of objective reality.[4]

Empiricism

David Hume and the empiricists believed experience from the senses was the only source of knowledge. They thought knowledge was merely a collection of facts that could not be generalized or processed.[4]

German idealism

Proletarian philosophy

Marx and Engels

Marx once stated that "As philosophy finds its material weapon in the proletariat, so the proletariat finds its spiritual weapon in philosophy."[1] It was Marx who first brought philosophy from the bourgeois world into the proletarian side, and fashioned it into a weapon for the proletariat.

Of philosophy Marx states that "You cannot abolish philosophy without making it a reality"[1], and perhaps more famously that "The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it",[5] marking the distinction between proletarian and bourgeois philosophy.

Lenin

Mao

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Karl Marx (1843). A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right: 'Introduction'.
  2. G.W.F. Hegel (1971). Hegel's encyclopedia of the philosophical sciences translated by William Wallace: 'Absolute Mind; Philosophy' (p. 302).
  3. Hamid Alizadeh (2020-08-27). "In Defence of Hegel" Socialist Appeal. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hamid Alizadeh (2020-08-27). "In Defence of Hegel" Socialist Appeal. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01.
  5. Karl Marx (1845). Theses On Feuerbach.