Karl Marx

Karl Marx was born on 5 May 1818 in Trier in western German, the son of a successful lawyer. His family was prosperous and civilized. Marx first entered the Bonn University and then Berlin University to study law. He also became interested in studying history and philosophy. In 1841, he received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Jena. The doctorate thesis was” The Difference between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature”. In 1842, he became a journalist, writing for liberal newspaper "New Rhenish Newspaper" and in October becoming editor. After a short period as editor of the newspaper in Cologne, Marx moved to Paris. French authorities considered Marx as a political threat and expelled him with his wife from France. Marx spent two years in Brussels, where he worked in collaboration with Engels. In 1948 Marx co-authored with Engels a pamphlet 'The Communist Manifesto'. He stated that entire human history was based on class struggles.

Marx moved to London, in 1849, where he enjoyed the rest of his life. For some years, his family struggled but his friend Engels helped him go through that phase. Steadily, Marx came out from his isolation and created his most valuable and notable work, 'Das Kapital' (Capital). It became the “bible of the working class”. Capital was first published in 1867 while the remaining volumes were edited by Engels after Karl Marx death. He died on 14 March 1883 and was buried at Highgate Cemetery in London.

Marx as an extremely important revolutionary intellectual, thinker, and philosopher, he did not survive to see his thoughts, views, and ideas carried out in his days, but his works shaped the theoretical foundation stone for modern Marxism or communism.