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Karl Marx: the political economist, revolutionary, and the philosopher, was one of the most influential thinkers of the nineteenth century. Few men have caused such heated debate, manifest through the continued arguments of pro and anticommunists, as he has done ....

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.... Volume One, and in so doing, suggest the implications thereof on societies wrought by the capitalist mode of production. Précis of Capital: Volume One: Scientific, logical discourse must begin with definitions and axioms. Since Marx’ investigation of capitalism was intended to be objective and logical, he quite accordingly began with exposition of the key aspects of the capitalist system. The first chapter of the book is dedicated to the commodity. Marx defines a commodity as “. . . an external object, a thing which through its qualities satisfies human needs of whatever kind.” Because we live in a capitalist society, when we walk throug ....