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

— Karl Marx Theses on Feuerbach (1845)

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

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First published as an appendix to the pamphlet, Ludwig Feuerbach and the End of Classical German Philosophy, by Friedrich Engels (1886)

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