Condição pessoal do Marx

 This fascinating article reminds us how ideas are meaningless without people to develop and promote them. Real people and their internal motivations drive the world, for good or ill. Had he not suffered from nearly debilitating skin problems, Karl Marx may have developed a completely different worldview. He may never have written Das Kapital. Low self-esteem and anger over his condition alienated him to the point of exclaiming “The bourgeoisie will remember my carbuncles unti…

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Marx's erupting skin may have influenced writings

Karl Marx, who complained of excruciating boils, actually suffered from a chronic skin disease with known psychological effects that may well have influenced his writings, a British expert said on Tuesday.

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