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The dominant ideas of every age have always been the ideas of its ruling class
Drawn from what Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx said
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Friedrich Engels German philosopher and social scientist (1820 to 1895) The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org · c. 1848All 36 korrents from this piece
Their wordsThe ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
Where this was said
↗Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org
All 36 korrents from this piecethis one is 20th
Karl Marx German philosopher, economist and revolutionary (1818… The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class. Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org · c. 1848All 36 korrents from this piece
Their wordsThe ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
Where this was said
↗Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848; English edition of 1888)gutenberg.org
All 36 korrents from this piecethis one is 19th
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