BRIEF APPARATUS CRITICUS
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according to {The Holy Fa}mily refutes
{the idea} over & over again that the holy
philosophers & theologians have “produced”
the “non-autonomy of the individual”, “by” –
serving up a few chewed over phrases about
absolute spirit. As if the “individual”, i.e. each
man, would become “non-autonomous” by
that means, would actually be “transformed
{aufgehoben} “into absolute spirit” by
that means, {as} if a few speculati{ve}
speculating word-merchants – because not
because of the “dependence non-autonomy of
the individual” but rather because of a
miserable condition of society {–}, could
start up their philosophical fancies all by
themselves, {could} prate this to the
“individual”, command him that he should
suddenly & without thinking about it “be
absorbed into absolute spirit”! Naturally of
course we will not take the trouble to enlighten
to our wise philosophers with the fact that the
“liberation” of “man” does not get a single
step further when they have dissolved
philosophy, theology, substance & all that
foolery into “self-consciousness”, when they
have liberated “man” from domination by
these phrases to which he had never been in
Philosophical hairsplitting{.}
Just like his rivals Feuerbach believes
{himself} to have transcended philosophy!
The act{ual} The struggle against general
conceptions, which have previously
oppressed the individual, summarises the
standpoint of German philosophical
criticism. We maintain that this struggle,
pursued in this manner, is itself founded on
philosophical illusions of the sovereignty of
general conceptions.
Feuerbach.
Philosophical and actual liberation.
Man. Individuality. The Individual.
Geological, hydrographical etc. conditions.
The human body. Needs and labour.
{The Holy F}amily refutes {the idea} over
& over again that the holy philosophers &
theologians have “produced” the “non-
autonomy of the individual”, “by” – serving
up a few chewed over phrases about absolute
spirit. As if the “individual”, i.e. each man,
would become “non-autonomous” by that
means, would actually be “transformed
{aufgehoben} into absolute spirit” by that
means, {as} if a few speculating word-
merchants – not because of the “non-
autonomy of the individual” but rather because
of a miserable condition of society {–},
could start up their philosophical fancies all by
themselves, {could} prate this to the
“individual”, command him that he should
suddenly & without thinking about it “be
absorbed into absolute spirit”! Naturally of
course we will not take the trouble to enlighten
our wise philosophers with the fact that the
“liberation” of “man” does not get a single
step further when they have dissolved
philosophy, theology, substance & all that
foolery into “self-consciousness”, when they
have liberated “man” from domination by
these phrases to which he had never been in
Philosophical hair-splitting{.}
Just like his ...