Karl Marx And His Philosophy - 2194 Words

Karl Marx was one of the most controversial people to ever live in human history. A man who laid the foundation for one of the bleakest times in Eastern European history, Marx wrote several books on the topic of a philosophy that was dubbed â€Å"Communism†. The life of Marx, the philosophy of Marx, and this philosophy viewed through the Bible are very important things for a Christian to understand regarding the idea of Communism. Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818 in what would be considered western Germany today. Technically, he was born in a â€Å"constituent part of a Rhenish Prussia†. At the time of Marx’s birth in 1818, Trier (the official name for the province) boasted around 12,000 people living there. Karl Marx had four siblings that died†¦show more content†¦This gave the family both political and economic advantages in their land. In October of 1843, Karl and new wife Jenny moved to Paris, along with several other German philosophers, including Karl’s close friend Engels. Since the French Revolution was still fresh in everyone’s minds, the communistic and socialistic philosophies of these men thrived in a nation ripe for change. Throughout these years, Marx and Engels would form an incredible bond, as both of these men wanted to see these ideas of communism and revolution come to fruition. Fortunately, there were still many people who did not want to see these ideas come to place. In 1845, German writers of a communistic journal were either imprisoned or exiled from France resulting from pressure from the Prussian government. Marx, his wife, and Engels then resided in Brussels from 1845-49, where their ideas started to come about on paper. In 1846, Marx and Engels founded a Communist Corresponding Committee that, in Karl’s words, would be â€Å"a discussion of scientific questions and critical appraisal of†¦ propaganda that can be conducted in Germany†. It is this action that inspired him to write The Manifesto of the Communist Party. Marx was again expelled from France in 1849, and would move to London where he would live the rest of his life. During this time, Marx had the most struggles he had ever had, and these proved to be great tragedies in his life. Marx and his