Marx is a rich man in thought, but a poor man in economy. This great economist, who has thoroughly studied the capitalist economy, is as poor as a church mouse, and spent almost all his life in poverty. Without Engels' long-term selfless economic assistance, Marx could not lead the international proletarian movement, nor could he concentrate on theoretical creation.

From the letter 1852 to Engels on February 27th, we can see the plight of this world-famous theorist. Marx wrote: "For a week, I have reached a very painful point: I can't go out again, because my coat has entered the pawnshop, and I can't eat meat, because I won't be allowed to get credit."

Soon, he wrote to Engels and confided, "My wife is ill, Yan Ni Jr. is ill, and Lin Heng has a nervous fever. I couldn't get a doctor in the past, and I can't get a doctor in the future, because I have no money to buy medicine. For eight to ten days, I eat bread and potatoes at home. Whether I can get these in the end is still a question. "

Hunger, poverty and housework troubled Marx. Angry and irritable, he can't concentrate his energy and wisdom on theoretical creation. Engels regarded Marx's dilemma as his own.

In his letter to Marx, he wrote: "I will send you 5 pounds in early February, and you can receive the money every month from then on." It doesn't matter if I am in debt at the end of the new fiscal year. ..... Of course, you shouldn't write to me for money when you are in trouble because I promised to send 5 pounds a month, because I will do so whenever possible. "

At this time, Engels was only an ordinary employee of Oumen-Engels Company, and his income was very low. Later, he became the assistant manager of the company and his monthly salary increased. After 1860, his support for Marx increased to 10 pounds per month, and he often gave some other subsidies.

From 185 1 to 1869, Marx got 3 12 1 pound from Engels. For Engels at that time, this was already a great help.

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Marx's achievements:

Marx's contribution to philosophy is to introduce the concept of practice into philosophy, to link philosophy with the liberation of the modern proletariat (working class), and to apply this philosophy to the social and historical field, which leads to the emergence of historical materialism.

Under the guidance of historical materialism, Marx analyzed and studied the economic basis of discovering surplus value in capitalist society, and pointed out that the class struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie will inevitably lead to proletarian dictatorship, which is the transition and evolution from capitalism to communism.

1830 10 In June, Marx entered Trier Middle School. After graduating from high school, he entered Bonn University, and after 18, he transferred to Berlin University to study law, but most of his studies focused on philosophy and history. 1840, the new king of Prussia, Frederick William IV, ascended the throne and persecuted the Liberal Democratic Party, demanding that all publications be strictly examined.

Universities lose academic freedom, and F.W. von Schelling, a professor at Berlin University appointed by the new king, will examine Marx's doctoral thesis. However, the position that philosophy is higher than theology in Marx's doctoral thesis is unacceptable to anti-Hegelian professors, so Marx sent his doctoral thesis to Jena University in Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach to inspect his doctoral qualification.

184 1 year, Marx applied for a degree with his thesis "The Difference between democritus's Philosophy of Nature and Epicurus's Philosophy of Nature", which was unanimously passed by the committee. Without further defense, he successfully obtained a doctorate from Jena University. After graduation, as the editor-in-chief of Rheinische Zeitung, he met the well-known "forest theft problem" in the history of Marx's thought development.

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