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DIALECTIC MATERIALISM (8)
DIALECTIC MATERIALISM (8)
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in
logic
, "dialectic" is the
action
and reaction between opposites,
out
of which a new synthesis (
harmony
of the two opposites) emerges. This was an idea originated by the
German
philosopher
Georg Wilhelm
Hegel
(1770 - 1831). "
Materialism
" is a
philosophy
which maintains that there is nothing in the
universe
but
matter
, that
mind
is a phenomenon of
matter
and that there is no
ground
for assuming a spiritual first
cause
. "
Dialectical materialism
" was an
adaption
of these ideas by Karl
Marx
into his own "
general
laws of motion
which govern the
evolution
of
nature
and society." He held that a conflict of opposites in human society is the
evolutionary
process
by which a classless society would eventually be reached.
See also
Marx, Karl
in this glossary.
—Conquest of
Chaos
Approved Glossary (8.7.92)