 | Richard Wolin - 2003 - 298 pages
...the side that mandated "revolutionary, practical-critical activity" or "praxis." As Marx explained: The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism...that of Feuerbach included — is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object or of contemplation, but not as... | |
 | Karl Marx - 2002 - 260 pages
..."Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right," p. 171. 2. Ibid. 3. Ibid. "CONCERNING FEUERBACH" (1845) I The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism (that of Feuerbach included) is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object or of contemplation, but not as... | |
 | Andy Merrifield - 2002 - 234 pages
...looking back, even as the Belgium secret police patrolled his every move. Leaving Philosophy Aside "The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism — that of Feuerbach included," proclaims Marx in his first thesis, "is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in... | |
 | Raya Dunayevskaya - 2003 - 428 pages
...(London and Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1967) . 122. Capital, Vol. I, p. 654n. 123. "The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism (that of Feuerbach included) is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object or of contemplation, but not as... | |
 | Anthony King - 2004 - 290 pages
...was concerned, Feuerbach's materialism failed to comprehend the distinctive nature of human activity: 'The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism...- that of Feuerbach included - is that the thing, reality, sensuousness is conceived only in the form of the object or of contemplation, but not as human... | |
 | John H. McClendon - 2005 - 460 pages
...in German idealism. Thus we must ask, 'What is Marx's 'First Thesis on Feuerbach'? Marx informs us, The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism...— that of Feuerbach included— is that the thing [Gegenstand], reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object [Objekt] or of contemplation... | |
 | A. James Gregor - 142 pages
...founder of "historical materialism" in 1845.6 In its substantial entirety, the first thesis reads: The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism (that of Feuerbach included) is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object or of contemplation, but not as... | |
 | Dennis King Keenan - 2004 - 488 pages
...out in the Theses on Feuerbach he is unable to comprehend sensuousness in its practical implications. 'The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism (that of Feuerbach included) is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object or of contemplation , but not as... | |
 | Edward J. Martin, Rodolfo D. Torres - 2004 - 200 pages
...The German Ideology (New York: International Publishers, 1970), 120-121. Vis-a-vis the first problem: "The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism (that of Feuerbach included) is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object of contemplation, but not as sensuous... | |
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The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism — that of Feuerbach included — is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object or of contemplation, but not as human sensuous activity, practice, not subjectively. 
