Marx and Engels Collected Works, Volume 1 : Karl Marx 1835-43

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MARX & ENGELS
COLLECTED WORKS
VOLUME 1
Karl Marx 1835-43
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Karl Marx 1835-43
2010
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Contents
General Introduction XIII
Preface XXV
KARL MARX
WORKS
August 1835-March 1843
Reflections of a Young Man on the Choice of a Profession 3
Letter from Marx to His Father 10
Wild Songs 22
The Fiddler 22
Nocturnal Love 23
Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of
Nature 25
Dedication 27
Foreword 29
Contents 32
Part One. Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of
Nature in General 34
I. The Subject of the Treatise 34
II. Opinions on the Relationship Between Democritean and Epicu
rean Physics 36
III. Difficulties Concerning the Identity of the Democritean and
Epicurean Philosophy of Nature 38
Part Two. On the Difference Between Democritean and Epicurean Physics
in Detail , 46
VI Contents
Chapter One. The Declination of the Atom from the Straight Line.... 46
Chapter Two. The Qualities of the Atom 53
Chapter Three. "Atomen àp^ài and Sxo|ia axoixe^a 58
Chapter Four. Time 63
Chapter Five. The Meteors 66
Fragment from the Appendix: Critique of Plutarch's Polemic Against the
Theology of Epicurus 74
II. Individual Immortality 74
1. On Religious Feudalism. The Hell of the Populace 74
Notes 77
Part One 77
Part Two 89
Appendix 102
Draft of New Preface 106
Comments on the Latest Prussian Censorship Instruction 109
Proceedings of the Sixth Rhine Province Assembly. First Article. Debates
on Freedom of the Press and Publication of the Proceedings of the
Assembly of the Estates 132
The Question of Centralisation in Itself and with Regard to the
Supplement to No. 137 of the Rheinische Zeitung 182
The Leading Article in No. 179 of the Kölnische Zeitung 184
The Philosophical Manifesto of the Historical School of Law 203
Yet Another Word on Bruno Bauer und die Akademische Lehrfreiheit by
Dr. O. F. Gruppe, Berlin, 1842 211
Communism and the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung 215
Communism and the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung. Editorial Note 222
Proceedings of the Sixth Rhine Province Assembly. Third Article Debates
on the Law on Thefts of Wood 224
In Connection with the Article "Failures of the Liberal Opposition
in Hanover". Editorial Note 264
Communal Reform and the Kölnische Zeitung 266
The Divorce Bill. Editorial Note 274
A Correspondent of the Kölnische Zeitung vs. the Rheinische Zeitung 277
Cabinet Order on the Daily Press 280
Renard's Letter to Oberpräsident von Schaper 282
The Industrialists of Hanover and Protective Tariffs 286
The Attitude of Herwegh and Ruge to "The Free" 287
The Polemical Tactics of the Augsburg Newspaper 288
The Supplement to Nos. 335 and 336 of the Augsburg Allgemeine
Zeitung on the Commissions of the Estates in Prussia 292
The Divorce Bill 307
Contents VII
The Ban on the Leipziger Allgemeine Zeitung 311
Announcement by the Editors of the Rheinische Zeitung of Their Reply
to Oberpräsident von Schaper 331
Justification of the Correspondent from the Mosel 332
Polemical Articles Against the Allgemeine Zeitung 359
Marginal Notes to the Accusations of the Ministerial Rescript 361
The Local Election of Deputies to the Provincial Assembly 366
The Rhein - und Mosel-Zeitung as Grand Inquisitor 370
Stylistic Exercises of the Rhein- und Mosel-Zeitung 373
Announcement. March 17, 1843 376
LETTERS
1. To Carl Friedrich Bachmann. April 6, 1841 379
2. To Oscar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff. April 7, 1841 380
3. To Arnold Ruge. February 10, 1842 381
4. To Arnold Ruge. March 5, 1842 382
5. To Arnold Ruge. March 20, 1842 383
6. To Arnold Ruge. April 27, 1842 387
7. To Arnold Ruge. July 9, 1842 389
8. To Dagobert Oppenheim. Approximately August 25, 1842 391
9. To Arnold Ruge. November 30, 1842 393
10. To Arnold Ruge. January 25, 1843 396
11. To Arnold Ruge. March 13, 1843 398
FROM THE PREPARATORY MATERIALS
Notebooks on Epicurean Philosophy 403
First Notebook 405
Second Notebook 417
Third Notebook 442
Fourth Notebook 464
Fifth Notebook 479
Sixth Notebook 489
Seventh Notebook 501
Plan of Hegel's Philosophy of Nature 510
EARLY LITERARY EXPERIMENTS
From the Albums of Poems Dedicated to Jenny von Westphalen 517
Concluding Sonnets to Jenny 517
To Jenny 521
To Jenny 521
My World „ 523
Feelings 525
Transformation 528
VIII Contents
A Book of Verse Dedicated by Marx to His Father 531
Contents 533
To My Father 534
Creation 534
Poetry 535
The Forest Spring 535
The Magic Harp 536
The Abduction 537
Yearning 538
The Viennese Ape Theatre in Berlin 539
Sir (G)luck's Armide 540
Terms of Engagement 540
Sentimental Souls 540
Romanticism à la Mode 541
To the Sun of Truth (F. Quednow) 541
On a Certain Knight-Hero 541
To My Neighbour Across the Street 541
Siren Song 542
A Philistine Wonders 545
Mathematical Wisdom 545
The Little Old Man of the Water 546
To the Medical Students 547
Medical Student Psychology 547
Medical Student Metaphysics 547
Medical Student Anthropology 547
Medical Student Ethics 548
The First Elegy of Ovid's Tristia 548
Concluding Sonnet to Jenny 557
The Madwoman 558
Two Songs to Jenny 559
Sought 559
Found 559
Flower King 560
Sea Rock 561
The Awakening 562
Night Thoughts 563
Invocation of One in Despair 563
Three Littie Lights 564
The Man in the Moon 565
Luanda 565
Dialogue with , 571
The Last Judgment 572
Two Singers Accompanying Themselves on die Harp 574
Epigrams I-VIII 575
Concluding Epigram on die Puff-Pastry Cook 580
Harmony 580
Distraught 581
Contents IX
Man and Drum 583
Human Pride 584
Evening Stroll 587
Scenes from Oulanem. A Tragedy 588
Song to the Stars 608
Dream Vision 609
The Song of a Sailor at Sea 610
The Magic Ship 611
The Pale Maiden 612
Some Chapters from Scorpion and Felix. A Humoristic Novel 616
APPENDICES
Birth Certificate 635
Gymnasium Examination Papers Written by Marx 636
The Union of Believers with Christ According to John 15: 1-14,
Showing Its Basis and Essence, Its Absolute Necessity, and Its
Effects 636
Does the Reign of Augustus Deserve to Be Counted Among the
Happier Periods of the Roman Empire? 639
Certificate of Maturity for Pupil of the Gymnasium in Trier Karl
Marx 643
Father's Letters (November 1835-June 1836) 645
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. November 8, 1835 645
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. November 18-29, 1835 645
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. Beginning of 1836 649
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. March 19, 1836 652
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. About May or June 1836 653
Father's Consent to Marx's Transfer from Bonn to Berlin Univer
sity 655
Certificate of Release from Bonn University 657
Father's Letters (November 1836-February 1838) 661
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. November 9, 1836 661
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. December 28, 1836 663
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. February 3, 1837 667
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. March 2, 1837 670
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. August 12, 1837 674
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. Approximately August 20, 1837 677
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. September 16, 1837 679
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. November 17, 1837 683
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. December 9, 1837 685
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. February 10, 1838 691
Postscript by Heinrich Marx to Henriette Marx's Letter to Karl Marx.
February 15-16, 1838 694
Jenny von Westphalen to Karl Marx [1839-1840] 695
Record Sheet Filled in by Marx 699
X Contents
Leaving Certificate from Berlin University 703
Recommendatory Reference on the Dissertation of Karl Marx 705
Jenny von Westphalen to Karl Marx. August 10,1841 707
Cologne Citizens' Petition for the Continuance of the Rheinische
Zeitung , 710
Minutes of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Rheinische
Zeitung. February 12, 1843 712
Humble Petition from the Shareholders of the Rheinische Zeitung
Company for the Continuance of the Rheinische Zeitung 725
Jenny von Westphalen to Karl Marx. March 1843 727
NOTES AND INDEXES
Notes 733
Name Index 761
Index of Quoted and Mentioned Literature 781
Index of Periodicals 792
Subject Index 795
ILLUSTRATIONS
Page from the gymnasium examination composition "Reflections of a Young
Man on the Choice of a Profession" 5
Letter from Karl Marx to his father, November 10-11, 1837 13
Portrait of Karl Marx in his student years 14-15
Members of the Trier Students' Association at Bonn University 14-15
Draft of the preface to Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean
Philosophy of Nature 107
Page of the Rheinische Zeitung with Marx's article "Communism and the
Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung" 217
Prometheus Bound. Allegory on the prohibition of the Rheinische Zeitung 374-75
Page from Notebooks on Epicurean Philosophy (Second Notebook) 433
Title page of Marx's Book of Love, with dedication to Jenny 519
Portrait of Jenny von Westphalen 526-27
Karl Marx's Birth Certificate 638-39
Trier 638-39
The house where Karl Marx was born 638-39
Gymnasium where Marx studied (front and view from courtyard) 638-39
Karl Marx's Certificate of Maturity 638-39
Certificate of Release from Bonn University 659
Leaving Certificate from Berlin University 701
Bonn University 702-03
Berlin University 702-03
Karl Marx's Doctor's Diploma 702-03
Prohibition of the Rheinische Zeitung 718-19
Burial of the Rheinische Zeitung 718-19
TRANSLATORS:
RICHARD DIXON: Notebooks on Epicurean Philosophy
CLEMENS DUTT: Articles, Letters and Appendices
JACK LINDSAY and the late ALICK WEST: Oulanem
ALEX MILLER: Poems
DIRK J. and SALLY R. STRUIK: Doctoral Dissertation
ALICK WEST: Scorpion and Felix