[Marxism-Thaxis] footnote on Darwin

2007-07-05 Thread Charles Brown
CeJ jannuzi I didn't use the main thread title on West and Marxism. -- In a speech over Marx's grave, Engels (1883) pointed out the relations between Marx and Darwin in the following terms: 'Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] footnote on Darwin

2007-07-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I believe that in the passage quoted from Marx's letter of Lassalle, Marx wrote not only is he the first to strike a fatal blow to 'teleology'in natural science, NOT 'theology'. In other words Marx was noting that Darwin had shown it possible to provide causal explanations for the apparently

[Marxism-Thaxis] I TINKLED MOM

2007-07-05 Thread Charles Brown
From: Valeria B A woman pregnant with triplets was walking down the street when a masked robber ran out of a bank and shot her three times in the stomach. Luckily the babies were OK. The surgeon decided to leave the bullets in because it was too risky

[Marxism-Thaxis] Gotta Love This Nurse

2007-07-05 Thread Charles Brown
From: Valeria GOTTA LOVE THIS NURSE A highway patrolman was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix. The doctors operated and advised him that all was well. However, the patrolman kept feeling something pulling at the hairs in his crotch.

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] footnote on Darwin

2007-07-05 Thread CeJ
JF: I believe that in the passage quoted from Marx's letter of Lassalle, Marx wrote not only is he the first to strike a fatal blow to 'teleology'in natural science, NOT 'theology'. In other words Marx was noting that Darwin had shown it possible to provide causal explanations for the apparently

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] footnote on Darwin

2007-07-05 Thread CeJ
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1861/letters/61_01_16.htm Darwin's work is most important and suits my purpose in that it provides a basis in natural science for the historical class struggle. One does, of course, have to put up with the clumsy English style of argument. Despite all