Si Karl Heinrich Marx (Mayo 5, 1818, Trier, Alemanya - Marso 14, 1883, London, Inglatera) ay dating ma-impluwensyang pilosopo

mula sa Alemanya, isang political economist, at isang rebolusyonaryong sosyalista. Samantalang may kumentaryo si Marx sa maraming isyu, pamoso siya sa kanyang pagaanalisa sa kasaysayan lalu na sa labanan ng mga uri. Sinasalamin ang labanang ito sa pambungad na pananalita sa Communist Manifesto : "Ang kasaysayan ng lahat lipunan ay kasaysayan ng labanan ng mga uri." Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement. He published various books during his lifetime, with the most notable being The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Capital (1867 1894); some of his works were co-written with his friend and fellow German revolutionary socialist, Friedrich Engels.[4] Born into a wealthy middle class family in Trier, formerly in Prussian Rhineland now called RhinelandPalatinate, Marx studied at both the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin, where he became interested in the philosophical ideas of the Young Hegelians. In 1836, he became engaged to Jenny von Westphalen, marrying her in 1843. After his studies, he wrote for a radical newspaper in Cologne, and began to work out his theory of dialectical materialism. Moving to Paris in 1843, he began writing for other radical newspapers. He met Engels in Paris, and the two men worked together on a series of books. Exiled to Brussels, he became a leading figure of the Communist League, before moving back to Cologne, where he founded his own newspaper. In 1849 he was exiled again and moved to London together with his wife and children. In London, where the family was reduced to poverty, Marx continued writing and formulating his theories about the nature of society and how he believed it could be improved, and also campaigned for socialismhe became a significant figure in the International Workingmen's Association. Marx's theories about society, economics and politicscollectively known as Marxismhold that all societies progress through the dialectic of class struggle: a conflict between an ownership class which controls production and a lower class which produces the labour for goods. Heavily critical of the current socio-economic form of society, capitalism, he called it the "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie", believing it to be run by the wealthy classes purely for their own benefit, and predicted that, like previous socioeconomic systems, it would inevitably produce internal tensions which would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system, socialism.[5] He argued that under socialism society would be governed by the working class in what he called the "dictatorship of the proletariat", the "workers state" or "workers' democracy".[6][7] He believed that socialism would, in its turn, eventually be replaced by a stateless, classless society called communism. Along with believing in the inevitability of socialism and communism, Marx actively fought for the former's implementation, arguing that both social theorists and underprivileged people should carry out organised revolutionary action to topple capitalism and bring about socio-economic change.[8][9] Revolutionary socialist governments espousing Marxist concepts took power in a variety of countries in the 20th century, leading to the formation of such socialist states as the Soviet Union in 1922 and the People's Republic of China in 1949. Many labor unions and worker's parties worldwide were also

influenced by Marxist ideas. Various theoretical variants, such as Leninism, Stalinism, Trotskyism and Maoism, were developed. Marx is typically cited, with mile Durkheim and Max Weber, as one of the three principal architects of modern social science.[10] Marx has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history.

When you were trying to find your street on that map, you went over to D and then down to 12. And that "D12" designation was unambiguous, because it was easy to tell which stood for which. Even if the designation had been written as "12-D", you still would have known which box to go to, because the "D" would still have been across the top and the "12" would still have been along the side. But in the Cartesian plane, both axes are labelled with numbers. How can you tell how far left or right to go, or how far up or down to go? Suppose you were told to locate "(5, 2)" (pronounced as "the point five two" or just "five two") on the plane. Where would you look? To understand the meaning of "(5, 2)", you have to know the following rule: The x-coordinate (the number for the x-axis) always comes first. The first number (the first coordinate) is always on the horizontal axis.

So, for the point (5, 2), you would start at the "origin", the spot where the axes cross:

...then count over to "five" on the x-axis:

...then count up to "two", moving parallel to the y-axis:

...and then draw in the dot: