Karl Marx — "Philosophy stands in the same relation to the study of the actual world as mastu…"
Philosophy stands in the same relation to the study of the actual world as masturbation to sexual love.
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From 'The German Ideology', a vivid analogy critiquing abstract philosophy.
Date: 1845-1846
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