Marx & Engels Collected Works: Volume 01

 

Volume 1
Works of Karl Marx

August 1835-March 1843


General Introduction xiii
Preface xxv
Reflections of a Young Man on the Choice of a Profession 3
Letter from Marx to His Father 10
Wild Songs 22
The Fiddler 22
Nocturnal Love 23
Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature 25

Dedication

27

Foreword

29

Contents

32

Part One. Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature in General

34

I. The Subject of the Treatise

34

II. Opinions on the Relationship Between Democritean and Epicurean Physics

36

III. Difficulties Concerning the Identity of the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature

38

Part Two. On the Difference Between Democritean and Epicurean Physics in Detail

46

Chapter One. The Declination of the Atom from the Straight Line

46

Chapter Two. The Qualities of the Atom

53

Chapter Three. "Atouoi apxi and atoua otolxeia"

58

Chapter Four. Time

63

Chapter Five. The Meteors

66

Fragment from the Appendix: Critique of Plutarch's Polemic Against the Theology of Epicurus

74

II. Individual Immortality

74

1. On Religious Feudalism. The Hell of the Populace

74

Notes

77

Part One

77

Part Two

89

Appendix

102

Draft of New Preface

106
Comments on the Latest Prussian Censorship Instruction 109
Proceedings of the Sixth Rhine Province Assembly. First Article. Debates on Freedom of the Press and Publication of the Proceedings of the Assembly of the Estates 132
The Question of Centralisation in Itself and with Regard to the Supplement to No. 137 of the Rheinische Zeitung 182
The Leading Article in No. 179 of the Kölnische Zeitung 184
The Philosophical Manifesto of the Historical School of Law 203
Yet Another Word on Bruno Bauer und die Akademische Lehrfreiheit by Dr. O. F. Gruppe, Berlin, 1842 211
Communism and the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung 215
Communism and the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung. Editorial Note 222
Proceedings of the Sixth Rhine Province Assembly. Third Article Debates on the Law on Thefts of Wood 224
In Connection with the Article "Failures of the Liberal Opposition in Hanover". Editorial Note 264
Communal Reform and the Kölnische Zeitung 266
The Divorce Bill. Editorial Note 274
A Correspondent of the Kölnische Zeitung vs. the Rheinische Zeitung 277
Cabinet Order on the Daily Press 280
Renard's Letter to Oberpraesident von Schaper 282
The Industrialists of Hanover and Protective Tariffs 286
The Attitude of Herwegh and Ruge to "The Free" 287
The Polemical Tactics of the Augsburg Newspaper 288
The Supplement to Nos. 335 and 336 of the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung on the Commissions of the Estates in Prussia 292
The Divorce Bill 307
The Ban on the Leipziger Allgemeine Zeitung 311
Announcement by the Editors of the Rheinische Zeitung of Their Reply to Oberpraesident von Schaper 331
Justification of the Correspondent from the Mosel 332
Polemical Articles Against the Allgemeine Zeitung 359
Marginal Notes to the Accusations of the Ministerial Rescript 361
The Local Election of Deputies to the Provincial Assembly 366
The Rhein-und-Mosel-Zeitung as Grand Inquisitor 370
Stylistic Exercises of the Rhein-und-Mosel-Zeitung 373
Announcement. March 17, 1843 376

 

Letters

To Carl Friedrich Bachmann. April 6, 1841 379
To Oscar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff. April 7, 1841 380
To Arnold Ruge. February 10, 1842 381
To Arnold Ruge. March 5, 1842 382
To Arnold Ruge. March 20, 1842 383
To Arnold Ruge. April 27, 1842 387
To Arnold Ruge. July 9, 1842 389
To Dagoben Oppenheim. Approximately August 25, 1842 391
To Arnold Ruge. November 30, 1842 393
To Arnold Ruge. January 25, 1843 396
To Arnold Ruge. March 13, 1843 398

 

From the Preparatory Materials

Notebooks on Epicurean Philosophy 403

First Notebook

405

Second Notebook

417

Third Notebook

442

Fourth Notebook

464

Fifth Notebook

479

Sixth Notebook

489

Seventh Notebook

501
Plan of Hegel's Philosophy of Nature 510

 

Early Literary Experiments

From the Albums of Poems Dedicated to Jenny von Westphalen 517

Concluding Sonnets to Jenny

517

To Jenny

521

To Jenny

521

My World

523

Feelings

525

Transformation

528
A Book of Verse Dedicated by Marx to His Father 531

Contents

533

To My Father

534

Creation

534

Poetry

535

The Forest Spring

535

The Magic Harp

536

The Abduction

537

Yearning

538

The Viennese Ape Theatre in Berlin

539

Sir (G)luck's Armide

540

Terms of Engagement

540

Sentimental Souls

540

Romanticism a la Mode

541

To the Sun of Truth (F. Quednow)

541

On a Certain Knight-Hero

541

To My Neighbour Across the Street

541

Siren Song

542

A Philistine Wonders

545

Mathematical Wisdom

545

The Little Old Man of the Water

546

To the Medical Student

547

Medical Student Psychology

547

Medical Student Metaphysics

547

Medical Student Anthropology

547

Medical Student Ethics

548

The First Elegy of Ovid's Tristia

548

Concluding Sonnet to Jenny

557

The Madwoman

558

Two Songs to Jenny

559

Sought

559

Found

559

Flower King

560

Sea Rock

561

The Awakening

562

Night Thoughts

563

Invocation of One in Despair

563

Three Little Lights

564

The Man in the Moon

565

Lucinda

565

Dialogue with

571

The Last Judgment

572

Two Singers Accompanying Themselves on the Harp

574

Epigrams I-VIII

575

Concluding Epigram on the Puff-Pastry Cook

580

Harmony

580

Distraught

581

Man and Drum

583

Human Pride

584

Evening Stroll

587

Scenes from Oulanem. A Tragedy

588

Song to the Stars

608

Dream Vision

609

The Song of a Sailor at Sea

610

The Magic Ship

611

The Pale Maiden

612
Some Chapters from Scorpion and Felix. A Humoristic Novel 616

 

Appendices

Birth Certificate 635
Gymnasium Examination Papers Written by Marx 636
The Union of Believers with Christ According to John 15: 1-14, Showing Its Basis and Essence, its Absolute Necessity, and Its Effects 636
Does the Reign of Augustus Deserve to Be Counted Among the Happier Periods of the Roman Empire? 639
Certificate of Maturity for Pupil of the Gymnasium in Trier Karl Marx 643
Father's Letters (November 1835-June 1836) 645
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. November 8, 1835 645
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. November 18-29, 1835 645
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. Beginning of 1836 649
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. March 19, 1836 652
Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. About May or June 1836 653
Fathers Consent to Marx's Transfer from Bonn to Berlin University 655
Certificate of Release from Bonn University 657
Father's Letters (November 1836-February 1838) 661

Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. November 9, 1886

661

Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. December 28, 1836

663

Heinrich Man to Karl Marx. February 3, 1837

667

Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. August 12, 1887

674

Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. Approximately August 20, 1887

677

Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. September 16, 1837

679

Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. November 17, 1887

683

Heinrich Marx to Karl Mar. December 9, 1837

685

Heinrich Marx to Karl Marx. February 10, 1838

691

Postscript by Heinrich Marx to Henriette Marx's Letter to Karl Marx, February 15-16, 1838

694
Jenny von Westphalen to Karl Marx [1839-1840] 695
Record Sheet Filled in by Marx 699
Leaving Certificate from Berlin University 703
Recommendatory Reference on the Dissertation of Karl Marx 705
Jenny von Westphalen to Karl Marx. August 10, 1841 707
Cologne Citizens' Petition for the Continuance of the Rheinische Zeitung  710
Minutes of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Rheinische Zeitung. February 12, 1843 712
Humble Petition from the Shareholders of the Rheinische Zeitung Company for the Continuance of the Rheinische Zeitung 725
Jenny von Westphalen to Karl Marx. March 1843 727

 

Notes & Indexes

Notes 733
Name Index 761
Index of Quoted and Mentioned Literature 781
Index of Periodicals 792
Subject Index 795

 

Illustrations

Page from the gymnasium examination composition "Reflections of a Young Man on the Choice of a Profession" 5
Letter from Karl Marx to his father, November 10-11, 1837 13
Portrait of Karl Marx in his student years 14-15
Members of the Trier Students' Association at Bonn University 14-15
Draft of the preface to Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature 107
Page of the Rheinische Zeitung with Marx's article "Communism and the Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung" 217
Prometheus Bound. Allegory on the prohibition of the Rheinische Zeitung 374-75
Page from Notebooks on Epicurean Philosophy (Second Notebook) 433
Title page of Marx's Book of Love, with dedication to Jenny 519
Portrait of Jenny von Westphalen 526-27
Karl Marx's Birth Certificate 638-39
Trier 638-39
The house where Karl Marx was born 638-39
Gymnasium where Marx studied (front and view from courtyard) 638-39
Karl Marx's Certificate of Maturity 638-39
Certificate of Release from Bonn University 659
Leaving Certificate from Berlin University 701
Bonn University 702-03
Berlin University 702-03
Karl Marx's Doctor's Diploma 702-03
Prohibition of the Rheinische Zeitung 718-19
Burial Of the Rheinische Zeitung 718-19