“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”

—  Karl Marx

Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretirt; es kommt aber darauf an, sie zu verändern.
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"Theses on Feuerbach" (1845), Thesis 11, Marx Engels Selected Works,(MESW), Volume I, p. 15; these words are also engraved upon his grave.
First published as an appendix to the pamphlet Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy by Friedrich Engels (1886)
Source: Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

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Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretiert; es kommt aber darauf an, sie zu verändern.

„Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch" - "Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretiert; es kommt aber darauf an, sie zu verändern“

Schlusssatz des Kommunistischen Manifests von 1848 und 11. These über Feuerbach (redigiert durch Friedrich Engels) Grabmonument auf dem Highgate Cemetery in London, 1954 errichtet von der Kommunistischen Partei Großbritanniens ( Bilder auf WikiCommons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx#Grave); Inschrift engl.: "Workers of all lands unite" - "The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways - the point however is to change it"
Ref: de.wikiquote.org - Karl Marx / Überprüft / Grabinschrift
Thesen über Feuerbach (1845)
Variant: Die Philosophen haben die Welt nur verschieden interpretirt; es kommt aber darauf an, sie zu verändern.
Source: Eleven Theses on Feuerbach

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