History is not, as it were, a person apart, using man as a means to achieve its own… — Karl Marx

History is not, as it were, a person apart, using man as a means to achieve its own aims; history is nothing but the activity of man pursuing his aims.

The Holy Family · 1845
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Marx, Karl. "The Holy Family." Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Vol. 4, International Publishers, 1975.
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Marx, Karl. Die heilige Familie [The Holy Family]. Frankfurt: J. Ru˜tten, 1845.

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