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Engels

[ eng-guhlz; German eng-uhls; Russian en-gyils ]

noun

  1. Frie·drich [free, -d, r, i, kh], 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
  2. a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga River, opposite Saratov.


Engels

/ ˈɛŋəls /

noun

  1. EngelsFriedrich18201895MGermanPOLITICS: socialist leaderPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Friedrich (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1820–95, German socialist leader and political philosopher, in England from 1849. He collaborated with Marx on The Communist Manifesto (1848) and his own works include Condition of the Working Classes in England (1844) and The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884)


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That Brayden will not get to grow up with his big sister is perhaps what hurts the Engels the most, Merton said.

The spirit of populism is unlike the specter of communism famously invoked by Marx and Engels.

Name the three great ideas developed by Marx and Engels which now form the bed-rock basis for the socialist philosophy.

What single great idea occurred to both Marx and Engels independently?

Marx removed to Brussels, where Engels was living, and for the first time devoted himself to prolonged and profound labours.

It was through Engels that Marx was enabled to continue his studies and to complete the work which is his title to eternal fame.

As to this fundamental proposition of the Manifesto, it "belongs," says Engels, "wholly and solely to Marx."

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