Georgi Plekhanov

Georgi Plekhanov

Georgi Plekhanov (29 April 1856 – 30 May 1918) was a Russian revolutionary and Marxist philosopher.

Quotes

• There is no historical fact that did not owe its origin to social economics; but it is no less true to say that there is no historical fact that was not preceded, not accompanied, and not succeeded by a definite state of consciousness.
  • The Materialist Conception of History, 1891, Ch. 6.

• Children like to work, and are always eager to imitate the work of adults.
  • Utopian Socialism in the Nineteenth Century, 1913, Ch. 5.

• People [who belong in this environment] look for a path in the heavens for the simple reason that they have lost their way on earth.
  • On the so-called religious searches in Russia, 1909, article 3 (Gospel from decadence), chapter 8, first paragraph.
    • Original: Люди, принадлежащие к этой среде, ищут пути на небо по той простой причине, что они сбились с дороги на земле.

Attributed

• Bourgeois scientists make sure that their theories are not dangerous to God or Capital.
  • The Faber Book of Aphorisms, W. H. Auden and Louis Kronenberger (ed.), p. 261.