Title: How to Understand the Statement that "Friedrich Engels' Thoughts Are no Longer Philosophy"
Abstract: In the article Historical Materialism and Essential Issues of Philosophy,Professor Sun Zheng Yu regareds logic and dialectics-theory concerning regulations of thinking process-as the consistency of thinking and existence,which is the instinct and unconditional premise of theoretical thinking.At the same time,he attributes the essential issues of philosophy to the consistency of thinking and existence.Thereby,he argues that modern materialism is no longer philosophy but merely world outlook as modern materialism is no longer a philosophy concerning philosophic world outlook.The abovementioned totally misinterpret Engels' thoughts.In Engels' opinion,modern materialism,the negation of the negation and form that has been overcome is philosophy itself;however,the practical contents which have been preserved stand for in fact a materialist world outlook-understanding objects according to their real appearance and how they came into being.Marxist world outlook,or materialist world view,is no longer philosophy,but merely world view.Karl Marx points out that philosophy is a religious way of mastering the world,which is in consistent with that of Engels'.Marxist world outlook,as a theoretical scientific view demonstrating science,is a scientific way of mastering the world.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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