...defect of all hitherto existing materialism — that of Feuerbach included — is that the object, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object or contemplation 2 but not as human sensuous activity, practice, not subjectively. Thus it happened that...

...THESES ON FEUERBACH I The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism (that of Feucrbach included) is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived...form of the object or of contemplation, but not as sensuous human activity, practice, not subjectively. Hence, in contradistinction to materialism, the...

...idealism to remedy the defect of a materialism which conceived "the thing, reality, sensuousness . . . only in the form of the object or of contemplation, but not as sensuous human activity, practice, not subjectively" (Marx 1965, p. 661; written in 1845). "Feuerbach,...

...paint or photograph themselves by their own activity on a purely passive medium!9 Or as Marx writes: The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism...but not as human sensuous activity, practice, not subjectively.10 Scientific knowledge, for Marx and Nietzsche, is the product of active people molding...

...flights. Marx understood this when he bluntly accused Western philosophy of its "chief defect"; namely, "the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived only in the form of the object or of contemplation." 4 * Some persons, slightly but not profoundly familiar with theological terminology, will raise an...

...of subjectivity. "The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism (that of Feuerbach included) is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived...form of the object or of contemplation, but not as sensuous human activity, practice, not subjectively. Hence, in contradistinction to materialism, the...

...Marx writes: "The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism — that of Feuerbach included — is that the thing, reality, sensuousness is conceived...contemplation but not as human sensuous activity, practice . . . Feuerbach wants sensuous objects, really distinct from the thought objects, but he does not conceive...

...much of Western thought. 'The chief defect of all existing materialism (that of Feuerbach included) is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived...form of the object or of contemplation, but not as sensuous human activity, practice, not subjectively' (Marx and Engels 1970: 121). O'Laughlin puts the...

...previous materialism [says Marx] is that the object, the reality, sensibility, is only apprehended under the form of the object or of contemplation, but not as human sensible activity or practice, not subjectively. Hence it came about that the active side was developed...

...materialism: "The chief defect of all hitherto existing materialism— that of Feuerbach included— is that the thing, reality, sensuousness, is conceived...human sensuous activity, practice, not subjectively. . . . The question whether objective truth can be attributed to human thinking is not a question of...