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Originally Posted by Letum
I'm curious as to how you formed such an opinion of Marx.
I have said before that I am a big Popper fan and I agree with him fully,
but the failings of the historicist approach certainly doesn't make Marx a
"fool".
Just because you are wrong, it doesn't mean you are not a genius.
There are only two types of scientist and philosopher; those who have
been shown to be wrong or incomplete and those who are about to be.
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I'm not saying I'm an expert on Marx or I've read more than you (I am sure I have not), I have read enough to form my opinion & I guess it's just simply a matter of opinion. Marx dedicated all his life to a theory that is horses**t. It's like calling Mussolini a great strategist or something. There could be some joker who spent 40 years analyzing and forming a theory on how the world is flat,,, and that equals failure. To me, being as specatularly wrong as Marx was, is a good indication of how brilliant he was not. I'll give you this, he was completely devoted to his work and single-minded.