Engels

[ eng-guhlz; for 1 also German eng-uhls; for 2 also Russian en-gyils ]

/ ˈɛŋ gəlz; for 1 also German ˈɛŋ əls; for 2 also Russian ˈɛn gyɪls /

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[free-drikh], /ˈfri drɪx/, 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.

a city in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga River, opposite Saratov.

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What single great idea occurred to both Marx and Engels independently?
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Marx removed to Brussels, where Engels was living, and for the first time devoted himself to prolonged and profound labours.
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It was through Engels that Marx was enabled to continue his studies and to complete the work which is his title to eternal fame.
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As to this fundamental proposition of the Manifesto, it "belongs," says Engels, "wholly and solely to Marx."
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Engels

/ (German ˈɛŋəls) /

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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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