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The Catholic Culture Podcast is now in video! Subscribe to our While the Catholic Church has condemned Marxism, Communism and Aside from the fact that Marx\u2019s philosophy represents a war on Beyond all that, there is the distinct sense of something Marx himself was obsessed with the Devil, writing poems and In this episode, Paul Kengor, author of The Devil and Karl Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>[3:03] The scope of The Devil and [10:36] A picture of Marx from those closest to him<\/p>\n [15:23] Marx\u2019s lifelong \u201cruthless criticism of all that exists\u201d, [26:33] Satanic themes in Marx’s early literary output<\/p>\n [30:57] Suicide pacts in Marx\u2019s literature and in his children\u2019s [37:56] Walter Duranty and Aleister Crowley<\/p>\n [41:55] Marx’s personal behavior around money, family, and [47:41] The error of separating philosophy from personal [52:29] \u201cJust a phase\u201d?: Why Marx\u2019s youthful writings are [55:18] The pedants\u2019 denial that Marxism is present in Links<\/strong><\/p>\n Paul Kengor, The Devil and Karl Marx<\/em> https:\/\/www.tanbooks.com\/the-devil-and-karl-marx.html<\/a><\/p>\n Online Great Books opens a new enrollment period on October Episode 27 with Online Great Books\u2019 Scott Hambrick\u00a0https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-27-always-wanted-to-study-great-books-heres-how-youll-actually-follow-through-scott-hambrick\/<\/a><\/p>\n Support the show! http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\nsocialism from their beginning, an alarming number of those calling
\nthemselves Catholic display a sympathy for these ideas: think of
\nAmerica<\/em> magazine\u2019s 2019 essay on \u201cThe Catholic Case of
\nCommunism\u201d. Even some orthodox Catholic intellectuals seem to think
\nwe should mine the writings of Marx for whatever truth might be
\ncontained among the rubbish.<\/p>\n
\nbeing itself (in his words, \u201cthe ruthless criticism of all that
\nexists\u201d), making it rather difficult to find untainted morsels of
\ntruth in his writings, there are other reasons to steer clear. If
\nphilosophy is truly the pursuit of wisdom, we should care about the
\npersonal lives of philosophers. Marx was a deeply vicious man. He
\ndisplayed complete contempt for his fellow man, was a virulent
\nracist, despised God and religion, and was an utter hypocrite when
\nit came to money, constantly sponging off his family and
\nacquaintances.<\/p>\n
\ndemonic in Marx\u2019s personal life. Those who knew him most intimately
\nconsistently described him in demonic terms: His son wrote to him
\nas \u201cmy dear devil\u201d, his father suggested that he was \u201cgoverned by a
\ndemon\u201d, and Engels referred to him as a \u201cmonster of ten thousand
\ndevils\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nplays about characters who make pacts with Satan and are resigned
\nto their own damnation. He even told his children an ongoing
\nbedtime story about a man who sold his soul to the devil. (Marx\u2019s
\ntwo daughters would die in suicide pacts with their husbands, who
\nwere atheistic revolutionaries like their father-in-law.)<\/p>\n
\nMarx<\/em>, discusses this (exhaustively footnoted) evidence of the
\ndemonic in Marx\u2019s life. What inspired this man with so much hatred
\nthat he called for the \u201cruthless criticism of all that exists\u201d,
\nbeginning with religion?<\/p>\n
\nKarl Marx<\/em><\/p>\n
\nbeginning with religion<\/p>\n
\nlives<\/p>\n
\nfriends<\/p>\n
\nlife<\/p>\n
\nrelevant to his later work<\/p>\n
\ncontemporary movements<\/p>\n
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