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118. - Marxist Readings

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

By
Martin Saar
Edited by
Karolina Hübner  and
Justin Steinberg
Karolina Hübner
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Justin Steinberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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In the first half of 1841, the young Karl Marx read the TTP in the Berlin university library and by hand copied a large selection of passages; extensive quotations from Spinoza’s letters can also be found in Marx’s notebooks from that time (albeit in a different handwriting, so most likely the notetaking was commissioned by Marx). Since this was an extremely formative time for Marx, leading up to the first formulation of his own political philosophy in his struggle with Hegel and Feuerbach only a few years later, it is tempting to assume that his encounter with Spinoza had a lasting impact.

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The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 341 - 343
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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