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Dis is true in-a de abstract, but what does it mean concretely? De explanation given—empirically—is often baroque.
December 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Dis is true in-a de abstract, but what does it mean concretely? De explanation given—empirically—is often baroque.
Talk about a comprehensive theory!) Quantity and Quality In-a da Popular Manual it is said (but only in passing, for-a de assertion no is justified or evaluated and no express a fertile concept, but is casual, with no links with what goes before or comes after) dat every…
December 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Talk about a comprehensive theory!) Quantity and Quality In-a da Popular Manual it is said (but only in passing, for-a de assertion no is justified or evaluated and no express a fertile concept, but is casual, with no links with what goes before or comes after) dat every…
(*Atomistic theory can be used to explain biological man as de aggregate of-a various bodies and so explain-a da society of-a man.
December 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
(*Atomistic theory can be used to explain biological man as de aggregate of-a various bodies and so explain-a da society of-a man.
According to da theory of-a praxis it is evident-a dat it no is atomic theory-a dat explains human history but-a de other way about: in other words dat atomic theory and all scientific hypotheses and opinions are superstructures.* Ma dai!
December 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
According to da theory of-a praxis it is evident-a dat it no is atomic theory-a dat explains human history but-a de other way about: in other words dat atomic theory and all scientific hypotheses and opinions are superstructures.* Ma dai!
Or is it being claimed-a dat-a da change from-a da mediaeval corporate regime to economic individualism was anti-scientific, a mistake of-a history and of-a nature?
December 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Or is it being claimed-a dat-a da change from-a da mediaeval corporate regime to economic individualism was anti-scientific, a mistake of-a history and of-a nature?
If atomic theory is what-a da Manual makes it out to be, given-a dat-a da history of-a society is da series of-a upheavals and-a dere have been many forms of-a society whereas atomic theory would appear to be da reflection of-a de ever-constant natural reality, how-a den has…
December 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
If atomic theory is what-a da Manual makes it out to be, given-a dat-a da history of-a society is da series of-a upheavals and-a dere have been many forms of-a society whereas atomic theory would appear to be da reflection of-a de ever-constant natural reality, how-a den has…
Why-a den should reference to dis theory be so decisive and have put an end to da question of-a individualism and of-a Robinsonades? (Quite apart from-a da fact-a dat Robinsonades can sometimes be practical models constructed to indicate a tendency or for-a da purposes of-a da…
December 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Why-a den should reference to dis theory be so decisive and have put an end to da question of-a individualism and of-a Robinsonades? (Quite apart from-a da fact-a dat Robinsonades can sometimes be practical models constructed to indicate a tendency or for-a da purposes of-a da…
Is modern atomic theory a "definitive" theory, established once and for all? What scientist would dare make such an assertion? Might it not rather be simply a scientific hypothesis which may be superseded, dat is to say, absorbed into a vaster and more comprehensive theory?
December 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Is modern atomic theory a "definitive" theory, established once and for all? What scientist would dare make such an assertion? Might it not rather be simply a scientific hypothesis which may be superseded, dat is to say, absorbed into a vaster and more comprehensive theory?
Dis is indeed just one of-a many elements in-a da Popular Manual which demonstrate da superficial way in which it has posed-a da problem of-a da philosophy of-a praxis and its-a failure to give to dis conception of-a da world its-a proper scientific autonomy and-a da position…
December 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Dis is indeed just one of-a many elements in-a da Popular Manual which demonstrate da superficial way in which it has posed-a da problem of-a da philosophy of-a praxis and its-a failure to give to dis conception of-a da world its-a proper scientific autonomy and-a da position…
For in-a dis case by what right does dis particular element of-a physics rather than any other become de one dat can be reduced to de unity of-a da conception of-a da world? Eccolo!
December 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For in-a dis case by what right does dis particular element of-a physics rather than any other become de one dat can be reduced to de unity of-a da conception of-a da world? Eccolo!
Nor, again, can it be held-a dat-a da laws of-a da given natural science are identical with-a da laws of-a history, or dat, because da whole complex of-a scientific ideas is da homogeneous unity, one can reduce one science to another or one law to another.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Nor, again, can it be held-a dat-a da laws of-a da given natural science are identical with-a da laws of-a history, or dat, because da whole complex of-a scientific ideas is da homogeneous unity, one can reduce one science to another or one law to another.
Do men only obey-a da laws dey know, as if-a dese laws were Acts of-a Parliament? And who could have imposed on mankind observation of-a laws of-a which-a dey were unaware, on-a da principle of-a modern legislation according to which ignorance of-a da law is no excuse?
December 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Do men only obey-a da laws dey know, as if-a dese laws were Acts of-a Parliament? And who could have imposed on mankind observation of-a laws of-a which-a dey were unaware, on-a da principle of-a modern legislation according to which ignorance of-a da law is no excuse?
How could "atomistic" reality, if it is and was da natural law, not have been always in operation but have needed-a da construction of-a da theory on-a da part of-a mankind for it to come into operation?
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
How could "atomistic" reality, if it is and was da natural law, not have been always in operation but have needed-a da construction of-a da theory on-a da part of-a mankind for it to come into operation?
And it cannot be maintained-a dat it no is atomic theory but-a da natural reality-a dat-a da theory observes and describes dat has destroyed individualism, but without falling into further complicated contradictions in-a dat-a dis natural reality is supposed to be prior to da…
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
And it cannot be maintained-a dat it no is atomic theory but-a da natural reality-a dat-a da theory observes and describes dat has destroyed individualism, but without falling into further complicated contradictions in-a dat-a dis natural reality is supposed to be prior to da…
What is implied in-a dis juxtaposition of-a politics and scientific theories, if not-a dat history is moved by-a dese scientific theories, in other words by ideologies? So dat by trying to be ultra-materialist one falls into a baroque form of-a abstract idealism.
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
What is implied in-a dis juxtaposition of-a politics and scientific theories, if not-a dat history is moved by-a dese scientific theories, in other words by ideologies? So dat by trying to be ultra-materialist one falls into a baroque form of-a abstract idealism.
For example da Manual affirms dat modern atomic theory destroys individualism (Robinsonades). But what does dis mean?
December 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
For example da Manual affirms dat modern atomic theory destroys individualism (Robinsonades). But what does dis mean?
Dese observations help to explain how-a de element of-a causality used by-a da natural sciences to explain human history is in fact quite an arbitrary assumption, if not actually a return to old ideological interpretations.
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Dese observations help to explain how-a de element of-a causality used by-a da natural sciences to explain human history is in fact quite an arbitrary assumption, if not actually a return to old ideological interpretations.
As de abstract natural force electricity existed even before its-a reduction to a productive force, but it no was historically operative and was just a subject of-a hypothetical discourse in natural history (earlier still it was historical ''nothingness", since no one was…
December 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
As de abstract natural force electricity existed even before its-a reduction to a productive force, but it no was historically operative and was just a subject of-a hypothetical discourse in natural history (earlier still it was historical ''nothingness", since no one was…
Electricity is historically active, not merely however as da natural force (e.g. an electrical discharge which causes a fire) but as da productive element dominated by man and incorporated into de ensemble of-a da material forces of-a production, an object of-a private property.
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Electricity is historically active, not merely however as da natural force (e.g. an electrical discharge which causes a fire) but as da productive element dominated by man and incorporated into de ensemble of-a da material forces of-a production, an object of-a private property.
But-a da concept of-a activity applied to forces of-a dis kind must not be confused or even compared with activity in either-a da physical or-a da metaphysical sense.
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 AM
But-a da concept of-a activity applied to forces of-a dis kind must not be confused or even compared with activity in either-a da physical or-a da metaphysical sense.
De ensemble of-a da material forces of-a production is at-a da same time a crystallisation of-a all past history and-a da basis of-a present and future history: it is both a document and an active and actual propulsive force.
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
De ensemble of-a da material forces of-a production is at-a da same time a crystallisation of-a all past history and-a da basis of-a present and future history: it is both a document and an active and actual propulsive force.
Da variability of-a de ensemble of-a da material forces of-a production can also be measured, and one can establish with a fair degree of-a precision-a da point at which its-a development ceases to be merely quantitative and becomes qualitative.
December 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Da variability of-a de ensemble of-a da material forces of-a production can also be measured, and one can establish with a fair degree of-a precision-a da point at which its-a development ceases to be merely quantitative and becomes qualitative.
De ensemble of-a da material forces of-a production is da least variable element in historical development: it is de one which at any given time can be ascertained and measured with mathematical exactitude and can therefore give rise to observations and criteria of-a de…
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
De ensemble of-a da material forces of-a production is da least variable element in historical development: it is de one which at any given time can be ascertained and measured with mathematical exactitude and can therefore give rise to observations and criteria of-a de…
In reality-a da philosophy of-a praxis no study a machine in order to know about and to establish-a de atomic structure of-a its-a materials or-a da physical, chemical and mechanical properties of-a its-a natural components (which is da business of-a de exact sciences and of-a…
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
In reality-a da philosophy of-a praxis no study a machine in order to know about and to establish-a de atomic structure of-a its-a materials or-a da physical, chemical and mechanical properties of-a its-a natural components (which is da business of-a de exact sciences and of-a…