Throughout time, there have always been people who have been considered to be great thinkers. Karl Marx (1818-1883) was a German revolutionist whose thoughts on capitalism, politics, and society allow him to be known as one of the most influential thinkers of all time. Although Marx's influence on society during his life was not widespread, after his death his ideas and beliefs spread throughout the world as Marxism, becoming the basis of modern socialist doctrine.
Marx met Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) in 1844 and the two discovered that they had identical views on the nature of revoluti…
