The materialist doctrine that men are products of circumstances and upbringing, and that, therefore, changed men are products of other circumstances and changed upbrinding, forgets that it is men that change circumstances and that the educator himself needs educating.


A handbook of Marxism (ed. 1935)

Karl Marx Quotes

The materialist doctrine that men are products of circumstances and upbringing, and that, therefore, changed men are products of other circumstances...

The materialist doctrine that men are products of circumstances and upbringing, and that, therefore, changed men are products of other circumstances...

The materialist doctrine that men are products of circumstances and upbringing, and that, therefore, changed men are products of other circumstances...

The materialist doctrine that men are products of circumstances and upbringing, and that, therefore, changed men are products of other circumstances...