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[[Image:KarlMarx.jpg|right|frame|Karl Marx]]
[[Image:KarlMarx.jpg|right|frame|Karl Marx]]
'''Karl Marx''' (1818-1883) was a [[Germany|German]] economist who sought to set [[socialism]] and [[communism]] on, what he saw as, a scientific basis. Marx was born in Prussia, educated in Germany, and a writer in London.
'''Karl Marx''' (1818-1883) was born in Prussia, educated in Germany, and a writer in London. Marx was an economist who sought to set [[socialism]] and [[communism]] on, what he saw as, a scientific basis.
Marx saw "primitive" socialist thought as fundamentally a moral movement with no base in a practical science. Marx's solution was to ground an analysis of society on his principle of dialectical materialism.
Marx saw "primitive" socialist thought as fundamentally a moral movement with no base in a practical science. Marx's solution was to ground an analysis of society on his principle of dialectical materialism.