“Mankind thus inevitably sets itself only such tasks as it is able to solve, since closer examination will always show that the problem itself arises only when the material conditions for its solution are already present or at least in the course of formation”
[Preface to Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy]
—— 1859 ——
Major Works
Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, Marx
Preface to the Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, Marx
Review of Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, Engels
“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence that determines their consciousness.” [Marx, Preface]
Correspondence
Marx & Engels in the New York Daily Tribune
Aug 1852 - Feb 1860
Marx & Engels in Das Volk May - Aug 1859
Minor Works
Po and Rhine, Engels April 1859
Quid Pro Quo, Marx July/August 1859
To the Editor of The Free Press (Marx 28 Sep)
Letter to the Editor of Allgemeine Zeitung (Marx & Engels, Oct 27)
Letter to the Editors of Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Reform & Volks-Zeitung, Marx & Engels, November 7 1859
Declaration by Marx, in Allgemeine Zeitung, November 21 1859
Declaration, Allgmeine Zeitung (Marx 21 Oct)