The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature

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doctoral dissertation philosophical work

The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature is Karl Marx’s 1841 doctoral dissertation, in which he critically compares the ancient atomist theories of Democritus and Epicurus to explore questions of materialism, freedom, and nature.

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instanceOf doctoral dissertation ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Philosophy ⓘ
author Karl Marx ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Prussia ⓘ
dateWritten 1841 ⓘ
examinesConcept clinamen (atomic swerve) ⓘ
contingency ⓘ
determinism ⓘ
freedom of the will ⓘ
necessity ⓘ
fieldOfStudy ancient philosophy ⓘ
history of philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of nature ⓘ
focusesOn comparison of Democritean and Epicurean atomism ⓘ
genre academic thesis ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
hasForm manuscript ⓘ
printed edition ⓘ
historicalContext Young Hegelian movement in 1840s Germany ⓘ
influencedBy Democritus ⓘ
Epicurus ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
language German ⓘ
mainSubject Democritus ⓘ
Epicurus ⓘ
ancient atomism ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
materialism ⓘ
nature ⓘ
originalTitle The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Differenz der demokritischen und epikureischen Naturphilosophie
philosophicalPerspective materialist interpretation of nature ⓘ
philosophicalTradition German idealism ⓘ
surface form: German Idealism

Young Hegelians ⓘ
surface form: Young Hegelianism
relatedWork Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right ⓘ
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 ⓘ
The German Ideology ⓘ
significance early work of Karl Marx ⓘ
pre-Marxist philosophical phase of Karl Marx ⓘ
submittedTo University of Jena NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervisor Bruno Bauer ⓘ
topic Democritean natural philosophy ⓘ
Epicurean ethics and physics ⓘ
critique of deterministic atomism ⓘ
history of materialism ⓘ
relationship between nature and freedom ⓘ

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