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Karl Heinrich Marx And The Life Of Karl Marx

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Karl Heinrich Marx was born in Prussia on May 5, 1818. Karl Marx was one of nine children, his parents were Heinrich and Henrietta Marx. The family had Jewish with rabbinical ancestry, but Karl’s father would convert to Christianity in 1816. Marx was an average student at an early age and was home schooled until the age of twelve. In October of 1835, Marx furthered his studies at the University of Bonn. He was very enthusiastic about student life and in his first year at the college he was imprisoned for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. Marx’s father urged him to enroll in a more serious University of Berlin. At Berlin University he would study Law and Philosophy he there was introduced to G.W.L Hegel. Hegel was a professor at the university. Marx became preoccupied with a radical group called “The Young Hegelians”. The group criticized the political and religious establishments of the day. As Marx was becoming more politically involved he became engaged to a woman by the name of Jenny von Westphelen in 1836. Jenny came from a higher class and a respected family, the two would finally marry in June of 1843. Marx would receive his doctorate from the University of Jena in 1841. Marx began to work as a journalist then in 1842 became an editor of Rheinische Zeitung, a liberal newspaper. Marx would move to Paris in 1843, and was known to be the political heart of Europe. In Paris Marx would team with Arnold Ruge. Together would create a political journal titled

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