Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature
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HasFullText remains false."],"MainSections":[{"Kind":"RawSection","Title":"Full Text","BodyHtml":"\u003cp class=\"dz-philo__section-copy dz-philo__full-text-source\"\u003eFull text from \u003ca href=\"https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1841/dr-theses/index.htm\"\u003eMarxists Internet Archive: Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003carticle class=\"dz-philo__full-text-body\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\nThe Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature.\u003cbr /\u003ewith an Appendix\n\u003c/h3\u003e\n\n\u003chr /\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eWritten:\u003c/span\u003e March 1841;\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFirst Published:\u003c/span\u003e 1902;\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eSource:\u003c/span\u003e Marx-Engels Collected Works Volume 1;\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e Progress Publishers;\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTranscription/Markup:\u003c/span\u003e Andy Blunden;\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOnline Version:\u003c/span\u003e Brian Baggins (marxists.org) 2000.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr /\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#160;\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\nContents: \u003cspan\u003eAccording to Marx\u0027s original Table of Contents\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"dedicati.htm\"\u003eDedication\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"foreword.htm\"\u003eForeword\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePart One: Difference between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature \u003cem\u003ein General\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"ch01.htm\"\u003eI. The Subject of the Treatise\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"ch02.htm\"\u003eII. Opinions on the Relationship Between Democritean and Epicurean Physics\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"ch03.htm\"\u003eIII. Difficulties Concerning the Identity of the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\nIV. General Difference in Principle Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\nV. Result\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePart Two: Difference between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature in detail\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"ch04.htm\"\u003eChapter One\u003c/a\u003e: The Declination of the Atom from the Straight Line\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"ch05.htm\"\u003eChapter Two\u003c/a\u003e: The Qualities of the Atom\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"ch06.htm\"\u003eChapter Three\u003c/a\u003e: \u003cem\u003eAtomoi archai\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eatoma stoicheia\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"ch07.htm\"\u003eChapter Four\u003c/a\u003e: Time\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"ch08.htm\"\u003eChapter Five\u003c/a\u003e: The Meteors\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"appendix.htm\"\u003eAppendix\u003c/a\u003e Critique of Plutarch\u0027s Polemic against the Theology of Epicurus\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n[\u003ca href=\"app_frag.htm\"\u003eFragment from the Appendix\u003c/a\u003e]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nII. Individual Immortality\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. On Religious Feudalism. The Hell of the Populace\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. The Longing of the Multitude\u003cbr /\u003e3. The Pride of the Elected\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nNotes\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\nI. On Religious Feudalism. The Hell of the Populace\u003cbr /\u003e\nII. Opinions on the Relationship between Democritean and Epicurean Physics (notes)\u003cbr /\u003e\nIII. Difficulties concerning the Ientity of the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature. (notes)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\nIV. \u003ca href=\"note-iv.htm\"\u003eGeneral Difference in Principle between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003ePreliminary Note\u003c/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\nI. The Relationship of Man to God\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Fear and the Being Beyond\u003cbr /\u003e2. Cult and the Individual\u003cbr /\u003e3. Providence and the Degraded God\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"pref_new.htm\"\u003eDraft of new Preface\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"../../1839/notebook/index.htm\"\u003eMarx\u0027s Notebooks on Epicurean Philosophy\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\nEditors\u0027 \u003ca href=\"editors.htm\"\u003eFootnotes\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"../../cw/volume01/preface.htm#xxvi\"\u003ePreface\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://chrisdeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/https://chrisdeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/https://chrisdeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/philosophy-full-text-work-6467-difference-between-the-democritean-and-epicurean-philosophy-of-nature-2f1bf76247-ee82b954fab6819c.gif\"\u003eImage of Draft Preface\u003c/a\u003e.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\n \u003c/article\u003e"},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Core Thesis","Paragraphs":["Marx compares ancient atomisms to examine freedom, necessity, self-consciousness, natural philosophy, and Epicurean deviation."]},{"Kind":"FieldSection","Title":"Classification","Fields":[{"Label":"Alternate Titles","Value":"Doctoral Dissertation; Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature"},{"Label":"Key Concepts","Value":"Democritus; Epicurus; atomism; nature; necessity; freedom; self-consciousness; ancient philosophy"},{"Label":"Methodology","Value":"Historical-materialist analysis, critique of political economy, dialectical critique, philosophical polemic, archival manuscript work, journalism, and social theory."},{"Label":"Structure","Value":"The page records an approved Marx work with explicit year, source evidence, and visible coauthorship, manuscript, posthumous, or Engels-edited status where needed."}]},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Arguments","Paragraphs":["Marx compares ancient atomisms to examine freedom, necessity, self-consciousness, natural philosophy, and Epicurean deviation."]},{"Kind":"FieldSection","Title":"Influence","Fields":[{"Label":"Influenced By","Value":"Hegel, Feuerbach, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Aristotle, Epicurus, French socialism, British political economy, and nineteenth-century revolutionary politics."},{"Label":"Influence On","Value":"Marxism, socialism, communism, critical theory, labor movements, political economy, sociology, social philosophy, philosophy of history, and twentieth-century continental thought."}]},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Significance","Paragraphs":["Included as one of the twenty-seven direct Karl Marx work pages approved for the Karl Marx full-process repair.","The work anchors Marx\u0027s continuing relevance for capitalism, labor, alienation, class, ideology, religion critique, political economy, state power, social transformation, and historical explanation."]},{"Kind":"TextSection","Title":"Evidence Note","Paragraphs":["Accepted through SEP, Britannica, Marxists archive, catalog, and scholarship evidence; HasFullText remains false."]}],"SectionSequence":["Back Link","Work Title","Deck","Author","Period","Era","Composition","Date Note","Region","Terra Avita","Terra Avita Region","Modern Country","Original Title","Language","Primary Discipline","Secondary Discipline","Tradition","Full Text","Core Thesis","Classification","Arguments","Influence","Significance","Evidence Note"],"Counts":{"ContextCards":3,"GeoCards":4,"DisciplineCards":2,"Links":11,"Sections":24,"Styles":2,"Scripts":1}}