Re: [xmca] Historical Development

From: Martin Packer <packer who-is-at duq.edu>
Date: Tue Feb 19 2008 - 15:28:06 PST

To quote V:

> "in the new society our science will take a central place in life. 'The leap
> from the
> kingdom of necessity into the kingdom of freedom' inevitably puts the question
> of the mastery of
> our own being, of its subjection to the self, on the agenda. . . . It will
> indeed be the last science in
> the historical or prehistorical period of mankind. The new society will create
> the new man."

...who was citing Engels:

"It is only from this point that men, with full consciousness, will fashion
their own
history; it only from this point that the social causes set in motion by men
will have, predominantly
and in constantly increasing measure, the effects willed by men. It is
humanity¹s leap from the
realm of necessity into the realm of freedom."

On 2/19/08 3:32 PM, "Michael Glassman" <MGlassman@ehe.osu.edu> wrote:

> I'm still trying to get my head around how you get from mastery to free will,
> or will that leads to freedom.

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