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Friedrich Engels

Born

in Barmen, Kingdom of Prussia

November 28, 1820

Died

August 05, 1895

Genre

Philosophy, Nonfiction, Economics

Influences

Karl Marx, Ernest Belfort Bax, Baruch Spinoza, Immanuel Kant, Bruno Ba ...more

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German social theorist Friedrich Engels collaborated with Karl Marx on The Communist Manifesto in 1848 and on numerous other works.

With the help of Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867-1894).

Friedrich Engels, a philosopher, political, historian, journalist, revolutionary, and also a businessman, was the closest and dearest friend of his lifelong colleague and collaborator.

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	Socialism: Utopian and Scientific 4.26 avg rating — 9,678 ratings — published 1880 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State 4.14 avg rating — 8,550 ratings — published 1884 — 409 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Principles of Communism 4.13 avg rating — 6,372 ratings — published 1847 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Condition of the Working Class in England by Friedrich Engels, Victor Kiernan (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 3,766 ratings — published 1844 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anti-Dühring: Herr Eugen Dühring’s Revolution in Science 4.31 avg rating — 1,344 ratings — published 1878 — 254 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Authority 3.82 avg rating — 1,238 ratings — published 1873 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ludwig Feuerbach And the Outcome of Classical German Philosophy by Friedrich Engels, Frederick Engels 4.17 avg rating — 895 ratings — published 1886 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dialectics of Nature by Friedrich Engels, C. Dutt (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 1883 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Part Played By Labour in the Transition From Ape to Man 4.01 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 1876	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Housing Question 4.02 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1887 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Friedrich Engels

Correspondence of Frederick Engels and Paul and Laura Lafargue (3 books)
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Friedrich Engels,

Paul Lafargue,

Laura Lafargue,

Yvonne Knapp (translator),

Émile Bottigelli (afterword,compiler and footnotes),

Andrew Rothstein (editor of afterword & new sectio)

4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings

Marx-Engels: Selected Works in Finnish (6 books)
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Friedrich Engels,

Karl Marx,

Antero Tiusanen (Translator),

Olli Perheentupa (Translator)

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“An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.”
― Friedrich Engels Karl Marx

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“If there were no Frenchwomen, life wouldn't be worth living.”
― Friedrich Engels, Collected Works 38 1844-51

tags: engels, french, marx, women

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“The emancipation of woman will only be possible when woman can take part in production on a large, social scale, and domestic work no longer claims anything but an insignificant amount of her time.”
― Friedrich Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

tags: gender-equality, inspirational, women-s-rights

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