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The Marxist theory of history, in spite of the serious efforts of some of its founders and followers, ultimately adopted this soothsaying practice. In some of its earlier formulations (for example in Marx's analysis of the character of the 'coming social revolution') their predictions were testable, and in fact falsified.
"Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism" is a speech delivered by Mark Twain in Paris at the Stomach Club in spring, 1879. The Stomach Club was a collection of U.S. expatriate writers and artists, such as Edwin Austin Abbey. The speech satirically dealt with masturbation ("onanism") and the perceived bane it is on society. Long suppressed, it ...
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (March 9, 1897) [1] is a series of essays by Mark Twain. All except one of the essays were published previously in magazines. The essays included are the following: How to Tell a Story (originally published October 3, 1895). In Defence of Harriet Shelley (August 1894). Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences ...
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Mark Twain: "[A] favorite theory of mine [is] that no occurrence is sole and solitary, but is merely a repetition of a thing which has happened before, and perhaps often." [ 1 ] Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history .
The protagonist of "James" is so much more than "Jim" of Mark Twain's time: he dreams of philosophers, yearns to read and teaches enslaved children to dilute their language to pacify white ...
Entrepreneur Mark Cuban said in a Sunday interview it’s “not a stretch” to call former President Trump a “fascist,” after his presidential candidate of choice, Vice President Harris, did ...
Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that originates in the works of 19th century German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.Marxism analyzes and critiques the development of class society and especially of capitalism as well as the role of class struggles in systemic, economic, social and political change.